Product design for product/service systems: Design experiences from Swedish industry
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to elucidate how Swedish industry has adapted theirproducts for product/service systems (PSS).Design/methodology/approach – Three case study companies that manufacture forklift trucks,soil compactors and household appliances are studied. Interviews with company staff are conducted aswell as product analyses in laboratorial environment. The theory is based mainly on previous PSS,design and remanufacturing research.Findings – A key factor when developing products for PSS is to design the product from a life-cycleperspective, considering all the product’s life-cycle phases, namely manufacturing, use, maintenanceand end-of-life treatment. Many of the design improvements deal with the accessibility of parts andcomponents during maintenance and remanufacturing operations, and several of them could reducethe need and cost for maintenance, repair and remanufacturing.Research limitations/implications – Uncovering any additional product requirements needed fora successful PSS not addressed in this paper. For example, it could be interesting to explore whichproduct data could be collected during use in order to improve the products’ different life stages.Practical implications – The findings in this paper illustrate and describe many industrialimplications for engineering designers to consider when developing PSS.Originality/value – The novelty of this paper is aimed for designers to study how they can adapttheir future products used in PSS in a more beneficial way than in traditional product design. Thepaper shows ideas and general guidelines to follow which have been scarcely published.
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Keeping buying new furniture with environmental criteria and limiting choices to a few models and designs would benefit future remanufacturing, since the critical design phase sets the possibilities for remanufacturing and disassembly.
“This would benefit future remanufacturing, since the critical design phase sets the possibilities for remanufacturing and disassembly (Sundin et al., 2009;Cordella and Hidalgo, 2016;Öhgren et al., 2019;Bumgardner and Nicholls, 2020).”
From Implementation and management of a circular public procurement contract for furniture (2023) · cites this paper as Sundin et al., 2009
The Findings passage (page not given) says that life-cycle design and access to parts and components can reduce the need and cost of remanufacturing. It supports the general point that design affects future remanufacturing, but does not address disassembly or establish that limiting furniture purchases to a few models would provide that benefit. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredTo improve the possibility for remanufacturing, proactive choices must be taken in the design phase.
“To improve the possibility for remanufacturing, proactive choices must be taken in the design phase (see, e.g., Sundin et al., 2009).”
From Implementation and management of a circular public procurement contract for furniture (2023) · cites this paper as Sundin et al., 2009
If not managed, the shift in mindset needed can cause a major barrier to circular offerings.
“If not managed, the shift in mindset needed can cause a major barrier to circular offerings (Sundin et al., 2009).”
From Implementation and management of a circular public procurement contract for furniture (2023) · cites this paper as Sundin et al., 2009
The available Findings passage describes life-cycle design requirements for product/service systems, but does not address a mindset shift becoming a barrier to circular offerings. Searches for “mindset,” “barrier,” and a shift from selling products to services returned no passage on that point. (LLM, conf=0.70)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPrevious studies show that this mindset change is difficult to achieve.
“Previous studies show that this mindset change is difficult to achieve (Sundin et al., 2009;Gomes et al., 2022).”
From Implementation and management of a circular public procurement contract for furniture (2023) · cites this paper as Sundin et al., 2009
The supplied passages describe adapting product design for product/service systems, but do not say that a mindset change is difficult to achieve. Searches for “mindset” and difficulty in moving from products to services found no passage addressing that point; the available passages have no section or page labels. (LLM, conf=0.70)
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“Thus, design choices to improve remanufacturing possibilities are vital (Sundin et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- Sundin, E., Lindahl, M., & Ijomah, W.
- Affiliations
- Linköping University (SE)
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2009-06-05
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 723-753
- ISSN
- 1741-038X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1546222186
- Cited by
- 202
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 30.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- urn.kb.se
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (publishedVersion)
- KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Service and Product Innovation
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Design and Development
- Keywords
- product-service systems, product design, remanufacturing, life cycle design, forklifts, household appliances, maintenance, end-of-life treatment, Swedish industry
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