scholarly journals Towards a sustainable business model for smartphones: Combining product-service systems with modularity

10.29007/djcz ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Frantz Schneider ◽  
Sepideh Matinfar ◽  
Eoin Martino Grua ◽  
Diego Casado-Mansilla ◽  
Lars Cordewener
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Extended Lifespan ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Whole Life Cycle ◽  
Product Service Systems

Based on the Sustainable Development Goals introduced by the United Nations and on the circular economy concept, ICT providers are adapting to become more sustainable. Some assess the CO2 emissions in the whole life cycle, while others propose to use renewable energies during manufacturing and assembling. In contrast with the current smartphone business models that rely on ongoing patterns of production and consumption, this paper proposes a more sustainable approach by combining product modularity, Product-Service Systems (PSS), and design for attachment. With a modular design, it becomes easier to repair the product or to replace parts, allowing for an extended lifespan. In combination with PSS, we propose that the modules, when no longer used by one customer, return to the market to be reused by another one. Lastly, we discuss the impact of the users’ behaviour through emotional bond, personalization, and technology appropriation as predictors of attachment to the product and consequently an extended lifespan. Through comparing case studies and using Life Cycle Assessment to calculate the CO2 equivalent emissions, we argue that our approach would directly reduce the environmental impact of the smartphone on the production phase, which accounts for most of the emissions throughout its life cycle.

scholarly journals PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS AS SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES TO MOBILITY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TWO BIKE-SHARING SYSTEMS

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thayla Tavares de Sousa-Zomer ◽  
Vinicius Zago Cantú ◽  
Paulo Augusto Cauchick Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
Product Service Systems

Product-Service Systems (PSS) have been discussed as promising business models to redirect the contemporary production and consumption patterns towards sustainability. However, the research on PSS is mostly dictated by theoretical works and more empirical investigations are needed. Additionally, empirical studies that compare PSS solutions situated in different contextual conditions are required. This paper aims at analyzing two use-oriented bike-sharing systems with sustainability potential in order to contribute to PSS empirical body of knowledge. A PSS located in a developed country and another one available in an emerging economy were selected to be investigated. A qualitative analysis was carried out considering the contextual conditions of each solution: PSS elements, sustainable business models components, and sustainability potential, based mainly on secondary data. The results confirmed that these PSS models can provide environmental, economic, and social benefits. The analysis and comparison between the solutions also demonstrated differences in both systems such as integration with other transportation modes and renewable energy usage that may affect customer acceptance and PSS sustainability performance. Customer behavior, acceptance and satisfaction need further study. Understanding the real factors that motivate customers to use a bike-sharing system in different contexts can be useful in efforts to spread its future adoption.

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.

scholarly journals System Modelling and Analysis to Support Economic Assessment of Product-Service Systems

Systems ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Khaled Medini ◽  
Sophie Peillon ◽  
Martha Orellano ◽  
Stefan Wiesner ◽  
Ang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
System Modelling ◽  
Value Network ◽  
A Value ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Industrial Cleaning ◽  
Product Service Systems

The evolution towards more customer-centric operations within manufacturing and service industries gave rise to novel ways of value creation and delivery such as Product–Service Systems (PSS). PSS integrate tangible and intangible elements to create new values for both customers and providers. Therefore, a close collaboration is required among various actors in a value network to co-create values towards win–win gains. For companies to keep up with this pace, new decision support tools are needed to accompany PSS engineering and to adjust business models. This need is confronted with the scarcity of PSS-oriented economic assessment models and methods. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for the economic assessment of PSS. The framework relies on a novel combination of system modelling and analysis approaches to enable cost and revenue attribution to different actors in a value network. The applicability and relevance of the framework are demonstrated through a case study in the industrial cleaning sector.

scholarly journals Life-Cycle-Oriented Product-Service-Systems in the Tool and Die Making Industry

Procedia CIRP ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 555-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günther Schuh ◽  
Michael Salmen ◽  
Thomas Kuhlmann ◽  
Jan Wiese
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Product Service Systems

“The Bott om Calling the Top”—The Selling of Funct ion (PSS) as a Business Model for Sust ainability, in Need of Some Ass ist ance from the Legislator

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 825-844
Author(s):  
Olle Karlsson ◽  
Jan Kellgren
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Legal Scholar ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Product Service ◽  
New Business ◽  
Product Service Systems

When it comes to policy issues, a legal scholar would traditionally study sustainable taxation from a “top-down” perspective, thus focusing on the legislator and on rational ways to steer economic life in a more sustainable direction. Here, we start at another end—we think of it as “the bottom-calling-the-top” perspective—in order to highlight (1) a relatively new business model and its merits from a circular economy perspective, namely the so called Product Service Systems; (2) how this model faces initial problems regarding especially foreseeability and that it might therefore have problems making its breakthrough; and (3) thus might need help from the legislator. Business models typically emanate from economic life rather than from political discourse, hence the bottom-up perspective and the bottom-to-the-top expression. Within the “bottom-calling-the-top” perspective, the focus lies on the needs of the economic actors carrying out their business. This text will contribute to the integration of a “bottom-up” perspective into the sustainable taxation discussion, and we will illustrate how a proper dose of bottom-up perspective might contribute to a more viable discussion.

scholarly journals Integrating Product-Service Systems with New Business Models Definition for Manufacturing Industries

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro C. Marques ◽  
Pedro F. Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Product Service ◽  
New Business ◽  
Product Service Systems ◽  
New Business Models

Nowadays, manufacturing companies are pressured to be competitive and innovative. Particularly this concerns the delivery of value to their customers. The assessment of the overall value chain, designed and implemented for a specific product and/or service, should be sustained by new business models (NBM), thus contributing to higher levels of customer satisfaction. Integrated product-services are assuming importance, allowing manufacturing companies to achieve longer and stable relationships with their customers. This requires, among other, organizational changes and novel methodologies for product-service development. In fact, an effective integration allows product-service innovation, which being exploited, contributes significantly to businesses' competitiveness and sustainability. In this paper, a “roadmap” for NBM definition and implementation is presented, along with a new methodology for Product-Service Systems (PSS) development. Two case studies are used to test both the roadmap and the PSS methodology. As such, this work is expected to contribute to a clear understanding of NBM and their integration in a methodology for PSS.

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