Title State-of-the-art in product-service systems Authors T S Baines, H W Lightfoot, et. al Year 2007 Source Institution of Mechanical Engineers Summary The concept of Product-Service System (PSS) is the special case of servitization. A PSS is used in a market to extend the functionality of the product by including various services. The main focus … Read more
Title Product-service system design methodology: from the PSS architecture design to the products specifications Authors Philip Krummeck, Yagmur Damla Dokur, Daniel Braun, Steffen Kiemel & Robert Miehe Year 2022 Source Sustainability Summary The automotive industry, known for its resource-intensive nature, holds significant promise for waste reduction through innovative circular business models, necessitating technical innovations to … Read more
Title Product as a service (PaaS) for traditional product companies: an automotive lease practice evaluation Authors Pradeep Kesavapanikkar, R.K. Amit & Palaniappan Ramu Year 2023 Source Journal of Indian Business Research Summary Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) serves as a business innovation model for companies to enhance their offerings and expand their customer base, with its success being … Read more
Title Requirements for a Product Lifecycle Management System Using Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics for Product-as-a-Service Authors Tomohiko Sakao & Alex Kim Nordholm Year 2021 Source Frontiers in Sustainability Summary Product-as-a-service (PaaS) has the potential to transition societies to a circular economy, with original equipment manufacturers bearing more responsibility for product performance, enabled … Read more
Title Everything as a service? Introducing the St.Gallen IGaaS Management Model Authors Moritz Classen, Christoph Blum, Philipp Osterrieder & Thomas Friedli Year 2019 Source 2nd Smart Services Summit, Zürich, September 13, 2019 Summary Manufacturing companies are increasingly integrating services with their hardware products, propelled by advancements in digital technology. This amalgamation of products and services … Read more
Most of the time, engineers focus on the design of physical products and on their interactions with other objects, and this is why technical services are not considered very early during the design process. On the other hand, some product-service system (PSS) methodologies still exist but are focused on the system and do not sufficiently specify engineering product criteria. Indeed, to achieve the development of consistent PSSs, a methodology is required to support engineering designers during the development process. PSSs are composed of physical objects and service units that relate to each other. To have a competitive PSS, the designers must consider carefully and early in the design phase the interactions between those elements. The aim of the proposed methodology is to provide engineering designers with technical engineering specifications in relation to the whole system’s requirements as precisely as possible for the development of the physical objects involved in those systems. The paper describes the context of PSS development and the current methods used to develop such systems. Then, the tools and formalism used in the proposed methodology based on a function-oriented description and an activities related description are explained. Finally, an industrial example of a helium-based refrigeration unit illustrates the proposed methodology.