Life cycle simulation to support cross-disciplinary decision making in early PSS design

• Post by: Tobias Larsson
• 22nd June 2019
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ABSTRACT

The development of early-stage simulation capabilities is a critical step in the quest for ‘frontloading’ early stage PSS design activities, reducing the cost and risk for rework associated with sub-optimal decisions. This paper describes how life cycle simulations, based on a Discrete Event approach, can be applied to support cross-disciplinary decision making in PSS design, facilitating the identification of the most valuable hardware configuration for a given business model. The proposed approach is exemplified in a case study related to the design of a zero-emission asphalt compactor, which is part of a product-oriented and use-oriented PSS offer. Co-located physical meetings and interviews with industrial practitioners highlight the role played by the simulation as an enabler for leveraging tacit knowledge sharing across roles and disciplines in the organization, making possible to explore the design space with more rigor. They further reveal the need to exploit data mining techniques and to develop new constructs able to inform decision makers of maturity and impact of models used in a specific decision scenario.

KEYWORDS

Product Service System, Discrete Event Simulation, decision making, Value Driven Design, value model

CITATION

Bertoni, M., G. Pezzotta, B. Scandella, J. Wall, P. Jonsson. (2019). Life cycle simulation to support cross-disciplinary decision making in early PSS design. 11th CIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems, Hong Kong, 29th-31st May, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j .procir.2017.04.009

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