Allow 30 minutes to 2 hours for the very first product, which is the time it takes to understand the questions. For further products in the same family, this falls to 10 or 15 minutes, and each colour reference counts as a separate product. As for who does the entry, a product manager or a CSR (corporate social responsibility) manager who knows the sourcing well can do it without being an LCA expert; a specialist adds value mainly in interpreting the results in the event of an audit.
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