A framework for designing product-service systems

Vasantha, Gokula Vijaykumar Annamalai; Hussain, Romana; Roy, Rajkumar; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Evans, Stephen

Abstract

In this competitive globalizing scenario, manufacturers are adopting a strategy of bundling products and services into an integrated solution to create sustainable competitive advantage. Servitizing manufacturers are increasingly transforming their processes and practices to build product-service systems (PSS). During this transformation they require substantial support to face stringent challenges. Research in the PSS domain is heading towards the development of a design theory and methodology that facilitates the systematic creation of viable PSS conceptual designs. In this paper, various proposed design methods are reviewed and research gaps are summarized. Primarily, it has been observed that the importance of the capabilities of the stakeholders involved in designing PSS has not been noted in the proposed methods. Regarding this capability view point, a framework for designing PSS has been proposed. This framework highlights the important features required in designing PSS such as co-creation, responsibilities and competences. Every step in the framework has been explained with a case study involving laser system used for manufacturing cutting operation.

Citation

Vasantha, G. V. A., Hussain, R., Roy, R., Tiwari, A., & Evans, S. (2011, August). A framework for designing product-service systems. Presented at 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 11), Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 11)
• Start Date: Aug 15, 2011
• End Date: Aug 18, 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Deposit Date: Apr 12, 2019
• Publisher: The Design Society
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 67-76
• Series Title: International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED)
• Series Number: 11
• Series ISSN: 2220-4342
• Book Title: DS 68-4: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 11), Impacting Society through Engineering Design, Vol. 4: Product and Systems Design
• ISBN: 978-1-904670-24-7
• Keywords: Product-Service System, design, capability, co-creation
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1393605
• Publisher URL: https://www.designsociety.org/publication/30533/A+FRAMEWORK+FOR+DESIGNING+PRODUCT-SERVICE+SYSTEMS