A new Erasmus agreement for students and teachers exchange has been signed between Blekinge Institute of Technology and the University of Bergamo, in Italy. Starting from March 1st 2017, it will be possible for master students in engineering to spend a total of 6 months at UniBG in the framework of the Erasmus Plus mobility […]
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ABSTRACT The development of new technologically advanced products requires the contribution from a range of skills and disciplines, which are often difficult to find within a single company or organization. Requirements establishment practices in Systems Engineering (SE), while ensuring coordination of activities and tasks across the supply network, fall short when it comes to facilitate […]
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I fredags deltog Marco Bertoni i ”Affärsmodeller för avancerade tjänster hos produktföretag” workshop som arrangerades av Luleå Tekniska Universitet. Syftet med denna workshop var att lyfta diskussionen kring hur företag kan utveckla sin affärsmodell genom att sälja avancerade tilläggstjänster. Tillverkande företag inom många olika områden erbjuder alltfler avancerade tjänster kring sina produkter, något som också […]
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How many types of innovation are there? One can argue that innovation is incremental, radical or disruptive, and that many other models are proposed. But when it comes down to ‘real life’ action, how do companies innovate to create value for their customers? MT2536 Value Innovation is a course in the Master Programme that every […]
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Value-Driven Design (VDD) research wants to understand how ‘value’ can be modelled and visualized in the engineering decision making process, so to guide early stage generation and selection of design concepts.
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Nu är senaste forskningsagendan från Produktion2030 lanserad; “Make in Sweden 2030”, stöttad av VINNOVA. Den innehåller många intressanta reflektioner och konkreta exempel inom smart, digital och hållbar produktion. Maskinteknik/Product Development Research Lab från Blekinge Tekniska Högskola har deltagit och är framförallt fokuserade med sin forskning inom “Styrkeområde 6: Integrerad Produkt- och Produktionsutveckling”. De senaste årens fokusering på […]
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ABSTRACT In recent times a service-dominant logic is permeating the design of complex systems. However, in spite of their appeal, initiatives such as Product Service Systems (PSS) have not become mainstream, and methods are lacking to support this transition. This paper argues that methodological guidance, as well as tools for decision support, may be found […]
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PDRL participated with four papers and a keynote to the 8th CIRP IPSS CONFERENCE Product-Service Systems across Life Cycle in Bergamo, Italy.
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The 8th CIRP IPS2 conference will kick-off this weekend with a Welcome reception at Chiostro Santa Marta, in the beautiful city of Bergamo, in Northern Italy CIRP IPS2 is a major yearly event for PDRL. The conference gathers researchers worldwide to share theoretical and practical experiences showing that transition towards Industrial Product-Service System. The conference this year is […]
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ABSTRACT The paper presents the results of experimental activities aiming at investigating the role of ‘value models’ as ‘boundary objects’ that facilitate cross-functional discussions in the PSS conceptual design phase. The experiment featured 6 separate sessions involving a total of 22 students in the final year of three different Master Programmes. In the sessions participants […]
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