Moulded and assembled white hard-porcelain animal figurines · 7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
a_subdivide	shared operations	For an attributional goal that needs allocation, first separate dedicated operations and use supported virtual subdivision: actual fragments/slip/mark/glaze embodied in one design follow that design; document shared meter disaggregation. No allocation just because different products share a site.	jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
a_physical	remaining individual exchanges	Determine and quantify exchange-specific physical causality for each residual shared exchange, using the property or combined properties actually determining the function. Kiln occupancy/time, heating and support masses are candidates to prove, not automatic keys. A single mass or economic factor cannot govern all flows.	jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
a_residual	genuinely inseparable residual	Only genuinely unassigned residuals after those steps use contemporaneous market values of actual co-functions in their real condition at the common process gate. Retain quantities, values, time, market and uncertainty and sensitivity. No arbitrary physical/economic choice, fixed shares, automatic substitution or avoided-burden credit.	jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
a_not_coproduct	internal loops failures packaging assets	Internal slip/trim/glaze/water recirculation, failures, packaging returns, mould reuse, spent supports and retired assets are not automatically coproducts. Retain their actual material/waste/service functions and full physical balances; economic burden allocation never scales gross physical stocks or emissions used for balance.	jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
asset_manufacture_conservation	existing capital/reusable manufacture attribution	Within the applicable allocation decision context, original manufacture burden attributed across uses of actual capital equipment or reusable articles already included in foreground production, packaging or observed services uses one persistent same-asset ledger across all crops, products, cohorts, manufacturing/postrelease services, owners and observation periods. D is its supported whole installed service: all realized historical service plus supported remaining service in the same units as actual beneficiary use u; D must be finite and positive. Period capacity, remaining-only capacity, the physical asset/article mass alone, or current-period product Q alone is not D; supported whole-service throughput in mass units may be used when it demonstrates the causal service and matches u. This does not amortize the manufactured reference product over downstream life or change its declared reference gate/Q. The fractions u/D and all previously assigned manufacture shares together must never exceed 1. Changes of window, custody, provider or repair never restart the original manufacture balance. Replacements have distinct identities and only their real new manufacture vectors; actual repair and treatment increments remain separately accounted. Revised capacity evidence requires transparent reconciliation of prior shares and sensitivity, not a fresh ledger. Keep full physical mass and stock movements independent of burden shares. Unknown D, prior shares or beneficiary coverage requires review and no final manufacture-attributed amount; no assumed lifetime, utilization, zero or arbitrary division is permitted. For each existing collection protocol that attributes manufacture of included production, packaging or observed-service assets across uses in this route (excluding amortization of the manufactured reference product itself), additionally retain a durable asset identity, its measured full physical mass and acquisition/installation/retirement stock history, original manufacture burden vector, all historical and current beneficiaries, matched-unit service readings, the evidenced whole installed-service denominator D, supported remaining-service basis and uncertainty, prior assigned shares and remaining original manufacture balance. Carry the ledger across reporting windows and custody/provider changes. Collect actual repair, replacement, recovery and treatment separately; these records do not normalize physical movements or create an additional asset purchase. These are added fields and conservation obligations for the existing applicable protocols, not a new assumed capital inventory.

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

These are collection requirements for a future real site, not collected factory quantities. Every protocol stores unnormalised raw records; its aggregation label identifies the eventual reporting basis only. Only final_exchange divides once after raw-unit conversion, stock accounting and justified attribution.

Data Collection Protocols

For each existing collection protocol that attributes manufacture of included production, packaging or observed-service assets across uses in this route (excluding amortization of the manufactured reference product itself), additionally retain a durable asset identity, its measured full physical mass and acquisition/installation/retirement stock history, original manufacture burden vector, all historical and current beneficiaries, matched-unit service readings, the evidenced whole installed-service denominator D, supported remaining-service basis and uncertainty, prior assigned shares and remaining original manufacture balance. Carry the ledger across reporting windows and custody/provider changes. Collect actual repair, replacement, recovery and treatment separately; these records do not normalize physical movements or create an additional asset purchase. These are added fields and conservation obligations for the existing applicable protocols, not a new assumed capital inventory.

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_material	manufacture	Each actual supply and formulation	raw_foreground_record	supplier lot; whole received mass; grade; route; moisture; assay; separate recipe input; preparation stage; waste; internal transfer; opening_raw; closing_raw; opening_WIP; closing_WIP; unassigned_stores; inherited_vector_j; gross_receipt_or_already_net_consumption_basis; stock_adjustments_already_included; independent_opening_closing_raw_WIP_nonWIP_physical_quantities; complete_inherited_exchange_vectors	Calibrated weighing and matched invoices/assays; reconcile each lot through raw preparation and wet/dry part assembly without duplicating whole formulations or carriers. Record gross versus already-net consumption explicitly and preserve adjustments already included, independently measuring all disjoint opening/closing raw/WIP/non-WIP physical quantities and every inherited exchange vector. Do not apply the same stock correction twice.	kg	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns
cp_utility	manufacture	Each meter fuel heat carrier and inbound freight	raw_foreground_record	stage; firing_ID; operating_mode; raw_reading; unit; start; end; totalised_or_rate; fuel_supply; stock; temperature; pressure; density_evidence; heating_value; enthalpy_supply; enthalpy_return; carrier_mass; provider_convention; actual_load; distance	Read calibrated stage/cycle meters and real provider/transport records including failed, hot-hold, idle, mould drying and cleanup; keep each energy/volume/mass stream native and unnormalised.	row native units	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns
cp_asset	manufacture	Each mould kiln refractory support and fluid	raw_foreground_record	asset_ID; design; cavity; material; opening_unused; opening_installed; additions; actual_water; in_machine_fluid; maintenance; closing_unused; closing_installed; retired; actual_cycles; observed_use; inherited_vector_j	Weigh or use traceable calibrated component records for each complete asset/material and actual fluid/water; reconcile physical movements separately from empirically supported period service burden.	kg	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns
cp_air	manufacture	Each individual inlet and outlet species	raw_foreground_record	species; CAS; origin; phase; compartment; concentration_basis; dry_wet_basis; inlet_composition; gas_total_or_rate; time_interval; temperature; pressure; humidity; particle_phase; calibration; detection_limit; blanks; independent_elements; conversion_evidence	Use actual speciated monitoring with matched gas basis or independent validated reaction/material data; integrate true rates only. Keep PM/VOC/COD/NOx/total-element indicators separate from identified molecular masses. Unknown species remain unknown.	kg	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns
cp_residue	manufacture	Each separate waste and actual treatment	raw_foreground_record	stream_ID; stage; wet_mass; dry_mass; free_water; structural_water; composition; dissolved_species; waste_status; transfer_ticket; destination; retained_stock; internal_recovery; reagent_receipt	Weigh each waste and sample independently; retain off-site treatment tickets and actual in-site cleaning reagent/effluent records. Dissolved species are subledgers of outgoing wastewater unless directly emitted, not a duplicate mass.	kg	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns
cp_release	manufacture	Only first completed-figurine release	raw_foreground_record	design; fragment_lineage; unique_ID; first_release_time; Q; net_complete_mass; scale_calibration; moisture_state; geometry; surface_test; crack_test; deformation_test; mark_check; failure; unreleased_WIP; closing_released_FG	Count each complete accepted object once; reconcile physical IDs and actual acceptance results including held released FG. Weigh the same complete design on a calibrated scale without packaging; preserve test failures and unproduced burdens.	item; kg	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns
cp_service	service	Each original released cohort and observed service	raw_foreground_record	cohort_ID; original_Qc; H; opening_FG; first_release_transfer; gross_dispatch_G; return_R; original_dispatch_ID; actual_return_mass; moisture_change; repair_input; loss; closing_FG; destruction; raw_meter; inherited_manufacturing_vector_j; manufacturer_permission; actual_rework_route; material_glaze_compatibility; reacceptance_results; measured_added_material; measured_added_water; measured_removed_old_material; independently_measured_water_loss; actual_destinations	Use gross ID-linked receipt/dispatch/return records and actual incremental service meters, repair and waste. Retain original cohort count and inherited history; a return is not assumed to match original mass or contain no new water/loss. Any actual post-release rework requires documented manufacturer-compatible permission for the particular body/glaze/mark and restoration of the original complete ceramic-only terminal, followed by actual reacceptance of geometry, cracks, surface and marking. Do not assume repairability, a pass, extra refiring or cold organic restoration; incompatible adhesive/coating/component repair requires a separately reviewed scope. Identify every added material/water and removed old material/loss as an actual specific exchange, retain their destinations and avoid duplicating water carried in another measured stream.	row native units	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns
cp_pack	service	Each single package material/configuration	raw_foreground_record	package_ID; material; provider; ownership; opening_empty; opening_WIP_attached; opening_FG_attached; opening_reusable; purchase_P; inbound_attachment_I; external_return_received_ER; closing_empty; closing_WIP_attached; closing_FG_attached; closing_reusable; gross_shipped_S; outward_return_EO; waste_W; internal_reuse; inherited_vector_j; dry_material; moisture_state; repair_material_added_Radd; repair_material_removed_Rremove; independent_water_uptake_H2Oin; independent_water_release_H2Oout; repair_input_identity; removed_material_destination	Calibrated separate packaging masses and matched gross movement tickets including raw-material arrival packs; disjoint empty/attached/reusable pools per configuration. Each new material gets its own rows and balance; no economic scaling of mass. Independently record actual repair material addition/removal and water uptake/release outside existing whole-package streams, without double counting. Every real wood/adhesive/fastener/water or removed-material outlet requires its own specific atomic row and supplier/destination; missing measurement is not zero.	kg	each lot/cycle/movement	declared representative period plus opening history and actual H	actual site and original design/cohort	per reference flow	calibration original records lineage and unknowns

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
raw_conversion	all inventory rows	Convert raw measurements to each native extensive numerator unit before stocks/attribution. Integrate genuine rates over recorded intervals once; retain totalised volumes as totals; convert kWh to MJ by 3.6. Density/enthalpy/heating value require independent actual substance/state evidence; no secondary-coefficient inference.	raw_reading; state_evidence; unit_factor	raw_extensive_amount	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007
manufacturing_stock	manufacture	For each exchange j use A_j = Bopen_j + P_j - Bclose_j - Tother_j after internal cancellation and justified attribution. Bopen/Bclose hold inherited raw, unreleased WIP and unassigned non-WIP-store vectors only. P includes every real operating mode and losses. Tother is separately justified burden assigned outside the target cohort. Already-released closing FG is not in Bclose. Unknown history is not zero. Declare whether each raw basis is a gross receipt/occurrence or an issue/consumption amount already adjusted for stock. Apply only stock adjustments not already included in that basis, never the same raw-stock correction twice. Independently record every raw/WIP/unassigned non-WIP opening and closing physical quantity and its full inherited per-exchange vector, including the upstream history of consumed opening material. Ordinary waste, rejects, failed loads or a sale alone do not establish Tother burden export or credit; any transfer needs a real distinct cohort/function and justified attribution once.	Bopen_j; P_j; Bclose_j; Tother_j; cp_material; cp_asset; cp_release	A_j	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007; jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
first_release	finished_figurine	Q is the count of unique complete objects first quality-released in the declared design/cohort, including those held in closing FG. Unreleased fragments/WIP and failures do not enter Q; their attributable burdens remain. Retest, return, repair and re-dispatch never create another first release.	cp_release; unique_first_release_IDs	Q	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007; meissen-white-lion
cohort_services	service	For each original cohort retain its manufacturing vector and original Qc. Assemble Aservice_j from actual incremental services through observed H after justified assignment; do not transfer old manufacture into a new production Q. Count/ID bridge: opening FG + first-release receipts + actual returns = closing FG + gross dispatch + actual destruction + separately evidenced other physical exit. Independently reconcile actual physical mass: opening + first-release receipts + returns + separately measured added material/water = closing + gross dispatch + destruction + removed old material + separately measured water loss + other actual exits. All terms are disjoint; water/material already carried by a measured stream is not added again. Record actual returned condition, actual maker-permitted compatible rework and reacceptance, every incremental input and outlet; no blind reversal or net-delivery denominator. Actual performed service for held closing FG retains its burden; holding the goods does not justify a service deduction. For FG and packaging physical movement cards, Aservice_j is the full measured gross quantity of that particular leg, not a burden vector, a second stock correction or an economically scaled amount. Keep these ledger-only results distinct from actual attributed supplier/operation burdens; a physical shipment, supplier-included receipt or return creates neither another purchase nor coproduct credit. Preserve the independently matched original delivery record; a changed wet return is not an assumed reversal of the original delivery quantity.	cp_service; Qc; H	Aservice_j	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007
final_exchange	all inventory rows	The sole unit-result operation is a_j = A_j / Q for manufacture and aservice_j = Aservice_j / Qc for separately labelled original-cohort services over H. Apply only after raw conversion, stocks and attribution; cards reuse this result and protocols retain raw totals without another division. Q=0 or Qc=0 retains actual burdens and produces no unit result. The reference output is 1 item. Consolidation combines corresponding original-cohort results while cancelling the internal Q hand-off exactly once. For ledger-only physical FG/package movements use their full actual gross numerators defined in cohort_services after native-unit conversion, without burden-vector additions, stock correction or allocation scaling. Report those normalized physical legs separately from attributed manufacturing/service burdens; normalization itself creates no provider purchase or credit.	A_j; Q; Aservice_j; Qc; cp_release; cp_service	a_j; aservice_j	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007
package_bridge	cp_pack	For each material/configuration: opening empty + opening WIP-attached + opening FG-attached + opening reusable + P + I + ER + Radd + H2Oin = closing empty + closing WIP-attached + closing FG-attached + closing reusable + S + EO + W + Rremove + H2Oout. Pools and gross directions are disjoint. Radd/Rremove are independently measured actual repair material added/removed outside the already recorded whole-package directions; H2Oin/H2Oout are actual water uptake/release outside water already carried in those measured streams. Keep dry wood/material and free/absorbed water subledgers; never infer either from one wet residual. Add a specifically identified atomic exchange for every real repair wood, adhesive, fastener, cleaning water and removed material/water outlet with correct supply/waste/emission status, ownership and original-cohort history; cancel internal component transfers once. Internal reuse cancels, gross physical terms are unallocated, package mass never enters Q. Assign purchase/service and inherited packaging burden once to actual original cohorts; stock changes cannot erase inherited vectors.	cp_pack; P; I; ER; S; EO; W; Radd; Rremove; H2Oin; H2Oout	packaging_residual	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007
assets_physical_service	cp_asset	Reconcile each mould, kiln, refractory, support, repair part and installed fluid by actual opening + new and returned receipts + independently measured water/material addition = closing + outward return + retirement/waste + actual loss. Separately assign its observed period service burden with inherited vectors using documented deployment/cycles/causality; no fixed life, one asset per item, or economic fraction of gross asset mass.	cp_asset; inherited_vector_j; observed_use	asset_balance; period_asset_service	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007; jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
species_gates	manufacture and service	Independently close total physical mass and relevant C/H/O/Si/Al/Ca/Mg and actual other elements at manufacture, FG-service and combined gates with actual air inlet/outlet species, wet/dry states, rejected material and carrier returns. Use measured mineral composition and independent reaction/phase-water evidence; do not equate firing loss with water, fit carbonate CO2 and water from one residual, or convert a COD/VOC/NOx/total-element indicator to a guessed species. Keep unidentified residuals explicit.	cp_air; cp_material; cp_residue; cp_asset; cp_release; cp_service	mass_element_species_residuals	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007
asset_manufacture_share	existing capital/reusable manufacture attribution	For each included original asset manufacture vector B, f_current = u_current / D only after the persistent ledger verifies the supported whole installed-service denominator, all beneficiaries and prior assigned shares. Attribute f_current * B once to the actual beneficiary before the existing single reference normalization. Check prior_shares + all current/new beneficiary shares <= 1; carry the remaining original balance. Capacity revisions reconcile the historical ledger. Full physical asset/packaging mass and actual gross stocks/returns never receive f_current. Unknown D or history leaves the final attributed result unavailable, without suppressing actual repair/replacement/service burdens.	asset_id; original_B; u_current; D; historical_beneficiaries; prior_shares; capacity_evidence	conserved attributed manufacture vector

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	each flow	Apply every native material, form, grade, route, geography, medium, type and property restriction in the full card context. Ordinary unbound auxiliary/provider data remains a disclosed gap; never substitute incompatible core identity.	Full native records and actual supply specification
dq_coverage	all actual stages	Retain failures, zero output, start/stop, idle, cleaning, repairs and each firing; map every ID to raw records and inherited exchange vectors. Missing history/speciation is unknown and cannot be labelled pass.	Representative-period raw logs stock and cycle history
dq_measure	each raw observation	Use calibrated instruments and independent density/moisture/chemistry/enthalpy evidence, stated detection limits and raw units. No illustrative manufacturer’s quantity or native secondary coefficient is a foreground measurement.	Calibration samples analytical basis and uncertainty
dq_cohort	manufacture and services	Keep design, part assembly, first release, original FG cohorts, H, Q/Qc, packaging and asset physical balances separately traceable before consolidation.	Unique IDs gross movements and inherited vectors

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
v_reference	reference and output	Verify one complete qualified ceramic-only figurine and exact count/property/unit; finished_figurine uniquely selects the Product output. Qualifiers and actual first-release tests must all be supplied; no unknown core identity may be treated as usable.	meissen-white-lion; meissen-figurine-assembly; meissen-firing
v_complete	actual route	Check complete raw-to-release operations and each real heat source/firing plus whole-formulation purchase once. Actual extra inputs/waste/species need atomic rows; no apparently absent zero can conceal an unmeasured exchange.	meissen-raw-preparation; meissen-figurine-assembly; meissen-glazing; meissen-firing; jrc-ceramic-bref-2007
v_denominator	all exchanges	Check raw numerator conversion and justified attribution precede the sole final_exchange division. Q includes already-released closing FG without deducting its manufacturing vector. Services use original Qc and H; no Q+closingFG double output, current-period service denominator or Q0 unit result.	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007; jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
v_physical	manufacture FG combined	Check independent mass and relevant element/species closure, free/structural/reaction water, carbonate gas, air constituents and actual heat-carrier returns. All gross packaging and asset bridges must close before economic allocation. Residual or unknowns require investigation, not an invented species or zero.	jrc-ceramic-bref-2007; jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
v_allocation	shared burdens	Verify dedicated/virtual subdivision, exchange-specific determining physical causality and only then documented genuine residual market value at the same actual process gate/state/period. Do not infer approval from a numerical schema or engineering pass.	jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010
validate_asset_manufacture_conservation	existing capital/reusable manufacture attribution	For every included capital/reusable manufacture attribution verify same-asset continuity, whole installed service in matched units, all historical/current beneficiaries, prior assigned manufacture shares and cumulative share <= 1. Reject a reset by period, cohort, provider, owner or repair. Check distinct real replacement and incremental repair/treatment vectors separately and preserve gross physical mass. A missing denominator, unexplained previous allocation or incomplete beneficiary ledger requires explicit review and an unavailable final attributed amount; structural inspection cannot claim empirical completeness.

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	secondary_dataset; background_dataset
downstream_use	Only compatible complete white-porcelain-figurine manufacturing inventory and separately labelled observed services
allowed_use	Site/design/route-specific attributional production accounting with complete upstream links and stated Q/Qc/H; screening with uncertainty explicitly disclosed
excluded_use	Automatic CPC coverage or methodology approval; equal decorative-service comparison; tableware/sanitary/electrical ceramics; resin/metal/electronic assemblies; unsupported use life or net-delivery accounting; per-kg or area claims without a separately evidenced conversion
required_metadata	All Section 3 qualifiers plus original records protocol IDs upstream provenance and full normative context
required_quality_disclosure	Measurement and identity/provider gaps; inherited raw/WIP/FG/asset vectors; service horizon completeness; species/density/heat uncertainty; physical residuals and actual allocation decisions
update_trigger	Changed body/glaze/mark formulation or mould/assembly/firing route; actual extra decoration/component; supplier/native restriction change; quality gate or cohort/stock boundary change

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
jrc-ceramic-bref-2007	official_guidance	European Commission, Ceramic Manufacturing Industry BREF, August 2007, §2.3.6 pp.64–70; figures 2.22–2.23 and tables 2.15–2.20. https://bureau-industrial-transformation.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-11/cer_bref_0807.pdf	Independent ceramic material preparation, forming, drying, actual firing/decoration alternatives, subsequent finishing/QC/packaging and environmental streams. Qualitative context only; not measured figurine recipe, yield, kiln demand or allocation authority.
meissen-raw-preparation	literature	MEISSEN, Kaolin & the Mine; https://www.meissen.com/en/craft/kaolin	Primary washing/settling and blending of kaolin with ground feldspar/quartz to actual paste/slip; upstream preparation boundary. No proportions or future site quantities.
meissen-figurine-assembly	literature	MEISSEN, Demonstration Workshop; https://www.erlebniswelt-meissen.com/en/experience/demonstration-workshop	Primary multipart figurine moulding and slurry assembly/retouching, hand details and underglaze marking; onglaze turpentine/extra-firing and round tableware context are adjacent excluded routes. Not one SKU bill of materials.
meissen-glazing	literature	MEISSEN, Glazing; https://www.meissen.com/net/craft/glazing	Primary transparent glaze raw-material family and delicate-figurine spray mist/tracing tint versus tableware dipping; actual formulation/medium must be independently collected.
meissen-firing	literature	MEISSEN, Bisque & Glaze Firing; https://www.meissen.com/int/craft/firing	Primary drying/biscuit then mark/glaze/glost sequence and final fired surface; not an adopted kiln temperature, time, fuel or shrinkage default.
meissen-white-lion	literature	MEISSEN, Meissen Atelier Lion, Art.-No. 000001-78018-1; https://www.meissen.com/en/000001-78018-1.html	Primary real white porcelain animal-sculpture terminal and gift-box context. Product-specific listed mass/dimensions and adjacent coloured/stoneware recommendations are not conversions or scope expansion.
jrc-ilcd-allocation-2010	official_guidance	JRC ILCD Handbook, General guide for LCA — Detailed guidance, first edition March 2010, §7.9.3 pp.257–258 and referenced subdivision context; https://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/uploads/ILCD-Handbook-General-guide-for-LCA-DETAILED-GUIDANCE-12March2010-ISBN-fin-v1.0-EN.pdf	Attributional allocation only when required: dedicated/virtual subdivision and exchange-specific determining physical causality before genuine residual actual-gate/state market value. Not industrial manufacturing data or automatic recycling credit.