PurposeTraditionally, many manufacturers of cost intensive capital goods have largely focused on design, realization and distribution of high‐quality products. Meanwhile, their industrial customers increasingly expect to be provided with diverse services. These services predominantly aim at enhancing the functional and the economical performance of the underlying products. To systematically exploit the potential of services, an appropriate combination of products and services becomes crucial. For achieving desired benefits for both manufacturers and their industrial customers, product‐service systems (PSS) have to be configured systematically. This paper aims to address these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe presented approach considers customer, manufacturer and product life cycle specific aspects within the configuration of PSS. The paper presents a framework which comprises all activities necessary to conduct a systematic configuration of PSS. Throughout the paper, an elementary case study illustrates the activities.FindingsExemplary use cases indicate that the configuration of PSS using the presented approach is beneficial.Research limitations/implicationsThe case study is a success. However, especially the increasing complexity of modern capital goods demands for developing a suitable application software that supports the configuration.Originality/valueThe paper presents a successful application for conducting a customer, manufacturer and product life cycle‐oriented configuration of PSS.
Kurzfassung Für Kunden der Investitionsgüterindustrie steht bei der Beschaffung neuer Investitionsgüter die Leistungsfähigkeit der von den Herstellern angebotenen Lösungen über den gesamten Lebenszyklus im Vordergrund. Aus diesem Grund steht der Hersteller im Rahmen der Angebotserstellung vor der Herausforderung, dem Kunden eine Lösung anzubieten, die den kundenindividuellen Leistungsanforderungen während des gesamten Lebenszyklus gerecht wird. Bei der Konfiguration dieser kundenindividuellen Lösungen spielen neben dem Sachprodukt selbst sachproduktbegleitende Dienstleistungen (Serviceprodukte) eine immer größere Rolle. Im Konfigurationsprozess müssen daher nicht nur materielle (Sachprodukt), sondern auch immaterielle Bestandteile (Serviceprodukt) zu einem leistungsoptimalen Produkt-Service System (PSS) aggregiert werden. Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit den Voraussetzungen für die Durchführung einer lebenszyklusorientierten Konfiguration von PSS und stellt eine Vorgehensweise zu deren Durchführung vor.
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