scholarly journals Product Service Systems in Construction Supply Chains

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niclas Andersson ◽  
Jerker Lessing
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Product Service System ◽  
Strong Focus ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Market Relations ◽  
Product Service Systems

The shipbuilding, automotive and aerospace industries are examples of industries offering product service systems (PSS) to their customers, i.e. they combine physical products with services to add increased value. While product service systems are well established in many manufacturing industries, it has barely emerged in the fragmented and project-based organisation of construction. The objective of this study is to identify and critically review examples of product service systems in construction supply chains, with the purpose of describing how it challenges prevailing business systems and organisation of construction work. The study rests upon two case studies carried out at Gyproc Saint-Gobain in Denmark and Celsa Steel Service in Sweden. The findings reveal significant challenges related to the implementation and marketing of the product service systems provided. Companies that develop and expand their business offers by providing new product service systems tend to find themselves operating in two parallel market segments, i.e. the traditional market of construction components and the new market of product service systems. The PSS-offers reviewed in the case studies show a strong focus and emphasis on the development of the offer and the operational platform, while the companies’ market positions remain unchanged. Thus, the case study companies organise and operate their businesses and market relations as before the implementation of the product service system. The conclusion is that development and implementation of product service systems in construction supply chains requires awareness in the companies’ offer of products and services, well-established operational platforms, and particularly, a renewed market position.

Combining Product Innovation With Service Innovation to Increase Value Created With a System

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuomas Ritola ◽  
Eric Coatanéa
Keyword(s):  
Service System ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Business Network ◽  
Product Service System ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Product Service Systems

The focus in the businesses of manufacturing and selling technological devices has been increasingly shifting from USA and Europe towards Asiatic countries due to cost-effectiveness and lower costs of resources. In the areas where costs are inevitably higher, new measures have to be considered in order to be able to compete in the global economy. In this article, we study how can we utilize combined benefits of technological and service innovations in competing against the traditional product-oriented offerings. Product-service systems are integrated systems of products and services that create value through use for customers; the hypothesis in this article is that the efficiency of the business network can be increased by designing an integrated product-service system in comparison to the product-oriented approach. The hypothesis is studied via a real-life product-service system design case study of an automated recycling system, and system dynamics simulation is used to analyze the value created with the system in the related business network. In theory, product-service systems have many potential benefits in comparison to product-oriented offerings; identifying the benefits in practice in a case study increases the understanding of product-service systems design and facilitate their application in the industry.

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.

A synthetical development approach for rehabilitation assistive smart product–service systems: A case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 101310
Author(s):  
Guo Jia ◽  
Guiyi Zhang ◽  
Xin Yuan ◽  
Xiaosong Gu ◽  
Heshan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Systems ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Smart Product ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Product Service Systems

Sustainability measurement of product-service systems: Brazilian case studies about electric car-sharing

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 722-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Teles ◽  
R. T. Gomes Magri ◽  
R. E. Cooper Ordoñez ◽  
R. Anholon ◽  
S. Lacerda Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Car Sharing ◽  
Electric Car ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Sustainability Measurement ◽  
Product Service Systems ◽  
Brazilian Case

scholarly journals Circular Innovation Framework: Verifying Conceptual to Practical Decisions in Sustainability-Oriented Product-Service System Cases

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Guzzo ◽  
Adriana Hofmann Trevisan ◽  
Marcia Echeveste ◽  
Janaina Mascarenhas Hornos Costa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Service System ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Product Service System ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Tactical Decisions ◽  
Product Service Systems

Product–service systems (PSSs) have significant sustainability potential. However, limited knowledge is available on the choices to develop circular PSS solutions. The goal of this paper is to provide a circular innovation framework containing circular strategies to facilitate the decision-making in PSS circular innovation. A systematic literature review in combination with content analysis underpinned this research. The strategies were investigated in 45 PSS cases from the literature. A coding system was designed and employed to identify and organize the circular strategies and practices. The statistics techniques employed were frequency and co-occurrence analysis, which aimed to describe the synergies among strategies. The framework proposed contains twenty-one circular strategies. The practical perspective comprises the seventy-seven practices used for the operationalization of strategies. The framework can assist organizations in making strategic to tactical decisions when developing circular PSS solutions. The paper provides a panorama of the strategy applications among the PSS types. Finally, the research approach can be employed to continuously develop an understanding of the application of circular strategies in PSS and other fields.

scholarly journals Product-service systems business models for circular supply chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 498-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miying Yang ◽  
Palie Smart ◽  
Mukesh Kumar ◽  
Mark Jolly ◽  
Steve Evans
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Product Service Systems
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