Designing the sustainable product-service integration: a product-service blueprint approach

Fluid transitions to more sustainable product service systems

“…Geum and Park, 2011) • programme -examining the functionality of products in various contexts and proposing alternate service orientated means to provide such functionality (cf. Roy, 2000) • assessment methods -are influenced by sustainable design therefore include various lifecycle analyses (cf.…”

“…Roy, 2000) • assessment methods -are influenced by sustainable design therefore include various lifecycle analyses (cf. Geum and Park, 2011) However, interpretive flexibility calls for PSS design to be open to alternative, possibly heterogenous combinations of purpose, programme and assessment methods. For example, while gains in resource productivity are important they may not be the only purpose of PSS design.…”

“…However, PSS also define customer value in terms of outcomes, e.g. service and functionality (Maxwell et al, 2006;Geum and Park, 2011;Ostaeyen et al, 2013). This outcome focused logic shades off the value associated with the means to attain these.…”

“…Such design strategies often involve examining the functionality of products in various contexts and proposing alternate service orientated means which use fewer resources to satisfy demand for such functionality (Roy, 2000;Maxwell et al, 2006;Geum and Park, 2011). For example, considering the functionality of answerphones and proposing alternative services such as voicemail.…”

“…These often focus on the relationships between the various elements of PSS such as products and services PSS (cf. Aurich 2006b; Geum and Park, 2011). PSS engineering design and assessment methods have also emerged ( cf.…”