Ontological Descriptions for Integrating Design Information of Product-Service Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 690-699
Author(s):  
Koji Kimita ◽  
Keiichi Muramatsu ◽  
Yutaro Nemoto ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Service Systems ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Design Information ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Domain Specific Knowledge ◽  
Expected Benefits ◽  
Integrate Design ◽  
Product Service Systems

Product-service systems (PSS), which create value by integrating physical products and services, have received much attention as a promising option to increase manufacturers’ revenue and reduce environmental impact. The process of designing a PSS requires collaboration among various experts who use domain-specific knowledge. Therefore, several researches have been investigated for developing design tools tailored to their expertise. However, while the specialization of design tools can be useful for experts, it hinders companies from ensuring the integrity of design information in different design elements. This results in the failure in achieving expected benefits. To address these issues, this study applies the concept of interoperability to PSS design to integrate design information from different domains. In particular, ontological descriptions is adopted to achieve semantic interoperability in different design elements. The application of the proposed ontology to a lecture on PSS design highlights that the proposed method is effective for integrating information on PSS design elements and those between value creation and capture.

scholarly journals Effective Innovation Implementation of Mechatronic Product-Service Systems Considering Socio-Technical Aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3051-3060
Author(s):  
Gennadiy Dmitrovic Koltun ◽  
Carlos Alberto Romero Viturro ◽  
Johan Buchholz ◽  
Juliane Wissel ◽  
Michael Zaggl ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Innovation Implementation ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Conceptual Innovation ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Expected Benefits ◽  
Implementation Management ◽  
Product Service Systems

AbstractIt is estimated that about half of all innovations, such as innovations in mechatronic product-service systems (PSS), fail to deliver the expected benefits to the adopting organization. Different studies point out that one of the main reasons for this is an ineffective implementation process.In this paper, we argue that, apart from several organizational challenges, insufficient integration of technical and social aspects is one of the reasons for ineffective innovation implementation in the environment of mechatronic PSS.In order to remedy this weakness, this paper builds on the work of interdisciplinary research collaboration. Experts from technical, socio-technical, and management fields integrate their work within a conceptual innovation implementation management system (IIMS). This IIMS is capable of capturing various methods and models that foster the socio-technical integration in mechatronic PSS. The approach is assessed in a lab-scale demonstration case that is representative of industrial environments.The presented approach supports an effective innovation implementation process, while the IIMS facilitates individual alignments for future practitioners.

scholarly journals Development of integrated design methodology for various types of product — service systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuan A. Tran ◽  
Joon Y. Park
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Service System ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Product Service System ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Generic Design ◽  
Product Service Systems

Abstract We propose a new generic design methodology for different types of PSS. Product – Service System (PSS) has received much attention recently from academia and industry because of its benefits. PSS can provide customers values and functionalities, as well as physical products, to fulfill economic, social and environmental goals.Many methodologies have been proposed for designing PSSs. Most of the existing methodologies are domain specific and were proposed to solve specific problems in certain projects. Some methodologies are generic but they provide neither guideline to practitioners and designers nor reflect the differences in various PSS types. As a generic approach to guide practitioners and designers in designing PSS effectively, the proposed methodology also takes into account user in-volvement, business model and organizational structure. The proposed methodology is demonstrated through design examples of different types of PSSs.

scholarly journals A QFD-Based Evaluation Method for Business Models of Product Service Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianyang Li ◽  
Ting He ◽  
Zhongjie Wang ◽  
Yufeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Design Information ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Product Service Systems

Organizations have been approaching Product Service Systems (PSS) in unoptimized business model fashions. This is partially because there is ineffective evaluation of PSS business models. Therefore, a more sufficient evaluation method might advance the evaluation of PSS business models and assist organizations that are considering a servitisation strategy. In this paper, we develop a value oriented method by using the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) technique to employ correlations derived from the design information of PSS business models to evaluate these PSS business models. We describe the method applying steps and its practical application in a real life case study. This method improves the formulation of an evaluation step within a design process of PSS business models based on correlations of different dimensions of the PSS value and PSS business models; it allows a balance between the customer value and organization value that are delivered by PSS business models to be made quantitatively. Finally, it fosters the effective utilization of the design information accumulated in the earlier part of the design process to quantitatively evaluate whether a PSS business model is optimized for providing appropriate values for customers and organizations.

scholarly journals Design Preconditions for Product–Service Integration

Designs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Ivo Dewit ◽  
Alexis Jacoby ◽  
Paul Matthyssens
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
End User ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Product Service ◽  
User Expectations ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Product Service Systems

User expectations regarding new products and services are evolving rapidly, forcing innovative organizations to explore new avenues for innovation, combining products and services. This paper focuses on the integrative design of product–service systems (PSSs) and builds on the servitization and service-based innovation literature. Many tools have been proposed for designing integrated PSS, with the intent to generate economic and/or sustainable impact. In this article, we focus on tools being used for bringing the user experience and intangibles in the design process. Although the literature is rich with tools and methods to optimize the PSS design process, it does not consider the full array of methods and their impact. This lack of research attention might hinder organizations developing PSS. Using in-depth interviews, this qualitative research systematically combines the extant conceptual literature on PSS design tools and processes with expert insights, thereby contextualizing how to lower thresholds in PSS design processes and how to increase the effectiveness of PSS design tools. The paper contributes to the literature on servitization and PSS by explicitly identifying twenty-one preconditions that support the PSS design process while integrating product and service innovation in close relation to the end-user.

scholarly journals Product-Service Systems and Sustainability: Analysing the Environmental Impacts of Rental Clothing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2118
Author(s):  
Emma Johnson ◽  
Andrius Plepys
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Fast Fashion ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Environmental Savings ◽  
Product Service Systems

Business models like product-service systems (PSSs) often recognise different sustainability goals and are seen as solutions for the impacts of consumption and fast fashion, but there is a lack of evidence supporting the environmental claims of such business models for clothing. The research aimed to understand if rental clothing business models such as PSSs have the environmental benefits often purported by quantifying the environmental impacts of rental formal dresses in a life-cycle assessment (LCA) in a case study in Stockholm, Sweden. The effects of varying consumer behaviour on the potential impact of a PSS vs. linear business model are explored through three functional units and 14 consumption scenarios. How users decide to engage with clothing PSSs dictates the environmental savings potential that a PSS can have, as shown in how many times consumers wear garments, how they use rental to substitute their purchasing or use needs, as well as how consumers travel to rental store locations.

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