Book chapter · Conference paper
Step-by-step towards PSS – Evaluating, Deciding and Executing
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Engineering Design and Product Development, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Successful implementation of product-service system (PSS) as business strategy has proven lucrative through many industry examples. However, companies should tread carefully before committing to a costly restructuring towards PSS business creation. This paper claims that before a company moves from being a product to a product-service provider they should carefully consider internal and external aspects with regard to their organization, their market and their network.
The paper proposes a three step process labelled the Evaluate-Decide-Execute approach; an approach that should enable the company to first evaluate the foundation for PSS, and then decide whether to commit to this course, and finally execute the transformation.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Springer |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 233-238 |
| Proceedings: | 4th CIRP International Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems |
| Journal subtitle: | Proceedings of the 4th Cirp International Conference on Industrial Product-service Systems |
| ISBN: | 1283912589 , 3642328466 , 3642328474 , 9781283912587 , 9783642328466 and 9783642328473 |
| Types: | Book chapter and Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-32847-3_39 |
| ORCIDs: | McAloone, Tim C. and Bey, Niki |
