PRODUCT WITH SERVICE, TECHNOLOGY WITH BUSINESS MODEL: EXPANDING ENGINEERING DESIGN

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, Lyngby/Copenhagen, Denmark, 15.-19.08.2011

Year: 2011
Editor: Culley, S.J.; Hicks, B.J.; McAloone, T.C.; Howard, T.J. & Lindemann, U.
Author: Sakao, Tomohiko; McAloone, Tim C.
Series: ICED
Section: Product and Systems Design
Page(s): 449-460

Abstract

Looking back over the last decade, the importance of an expanded understanding of engineering design has been shared within the engineering design community. Presented concepts and methods to support such expansion include Functional Product Development, Service Engineering, and Product/Service-Systems (PSS) design. This paper first explains PSS design as a type of an expansion of the engineering design of a physical product. Secondly, it gives a review of PSS research and a projection of future research issues, also ranging out into untraditional fields of research. Finally, it presents a new promising concept beyond PSS design; via an integrated development of technology and business model. This can be of particular interest for further research, especially due to its high freedom for designers.

Keywords: PRODUCT/SERVICE-SYSTEMS (PSS); ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; BUSINESS STRATEGY

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