The document discusses different types of obsolescence, which is when a product is no longer useful due to technological changes or falling out of fashion. It describes technical obsolescence when new technologies make old ones obsolete, planned obsolescence when manufacturers deliberately design products to become obsolete to drive repeat purchases, style obsolescence when products go out of style, and postponement obsolescence when improvements are not implemented in some products. Obsolescence can occur even if products still function when supporting technologies or parts are no longer available.

1. Obsolescence

2. Obsolescence: the state of becoming old-fashioned
and no longer useful even it still
be in good working order.
-With technological changes many traditional
skills have become Obsolete.

3. Technical obsolescence
Planned obsolescence
Style obsolescence
Postponement obsolescence

4. It occurs when a new product or technology
supersedes the old, and it becomes preferred
to use the new technology in place of the
old, even if the old product is still
functional.
It can be that supporting technologies may
no longer be available to produce or even
repair a product.

5. It’s a strategy that marketers deliberately
introduce obsolescence into their product
strategy , with the objective of generating
long-term sales volume by reducing the time
between repeat purchases. One example
might be producing an appliance which is
deliberately designed to wear out within five
years of its purchase, pushing consumers to
replace it within five years.

6. It’s a product is no longer desirable because
it has gone out of the popular fashion, its
style is obsolete.

7. Postponement obsolescence refers to a
situation where technological improvements
are not introduced to a product, even though
they could be. One possible example is when
an auto manufacturer develops a new
feature for its line of cars, but chooses not
to implement that feature in the production
of the least expensive car in its product line.