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Additive Manufacturing Technology Potential: A Cleaner Manufacturing Alternative

ABSTRACT This paper focuses on an emerging manufacturing technology called Additive Manufacturing (AM) and its potential to become a more efficient and cleaner manufacturing alternative. This work is built around selected case companies, where the benefit of AM compared to other more traditional technologies is studied through the comparison of resource consumption. The resource consumption […]

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Expanding Value Driven Design to meet Lean Product Service Development

ABSTRACT The paper presents a discussion about gaps and opportunities for cross-pollination between Value Driven Design and Lean Product Service Development to promote the use of value-driven method and tools since the preliminary design stages. In particular the paper discusses how methods and tools developed in Value Driven Design have the potential to be applied […]

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Extreme Product-Service Innovation 2014/15 completed

On January 14 2015, students in the MT2534 PSS Extreme Innovation (PSSEI) course presented the outcome of this year’s innovation projects. Students from the Master’s programs in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Economy and Management as well as the Master’s program in Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation (MSPI) have teamed up to work on real projects provided […]

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Product-Service Systems research

The goal with the research is to explore and develop work processes, methods and tools, that support the development of complete sustainable life-cycle offerings; product-service systems. The focus is on the early design and development phases of such development, and in particular; simulation support for this development. Companies and actors in B2B environments are seeing […]

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Revisiting the Research Field of Product-Service Systems Development

Research paper published in ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE). Abstract The research within the Product-Service Systems (PSS) field aims to support manufacturing industries’ ability to provide value in terms of a service offer to its customers, simultaneously taking a more holistic approach to eco- […]

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Product-Service Systems | 7.5 ECTS | PhD course

Next course start March 2022 Course is part of the Production Academy PhD Student Network and Product Development Academy. These affiliations may render a lower, or no, course fee. Industry participants are welcome to sig up and might have a minor fee for certificate. Register at Kunskapsförmedlingen web site. For PhD candidates The courses gives […]

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