Model-Driven Product Service Systems Design: The Model-Driven Development and Decision Support (Md3s) Approach

Abstract

The paper presents a Model-Driven approach for Product-Service System (PSS) Design promoting an increased digitalization of the PSS design process based on the combination of data-driven design (DDD) activities and value-driven design (VDD) methods. The approach is the results of an 8-year long research profile named (omitted for blind review) featuring the collaboration between (omitted for blind review) and nine industrial companies, in the field of PSS Design. It combines VDD models and the supporting data-driven activities in the frame of PSS design and aligns with the product value stream and the knowledge value stream in the product innovation process as described by Kennedy et al. (2008). The paper provides a high-level overview of the approach describing the different stages and activities, and provides references to external scientific contributions for more exhaustive descriptions of the research rationale and validity. The approach is meant to ultimately drive the development and implementation of a simulation environment for cross-functional and multi-disciplinary decision making in PSS, named Model-Driven Decision Arena, describe in the concluding part of the paper.

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Bridging simulation granularity in system-of-systems: conjunct application of discrete element method and discrete event simulations in construction equipment design

“…The challenges introduced by technological transitions, globalization, and sustainability in engineering design often need to be addressed with a more systemic approach that goes beyond the application of a design method in a specific discipline (e.g., (Bertoni et al, 2021;Tomiyama et al, 2019)). Concepts such as Product Service Systems design (Isaksson et al, 2009), System-of-Systems (SoS) design (Papageorgiou et al, 2020), design of Cyber-Physical systems (Wiesner & Thoben, 2017) are often used to contextualize the development of new methods and applications in specific design contexts encompassing the re-definition of the design boundaries beyond a physical product (often referred as "hardware") to include a broader systems transformation perspective.…”

“…Computer-based simulations run in various disciplines support the engineering of new systems in approaches framed around set-based concurrent engineering (Sobek II et al, 1999) or model-based systems engineering (Henderson & Salado, 2021). Simulations-based or model-based approaches are applied in a wide array of manufacturing industries to exploit different types of models, experiment design parameters, or assess the expected properties of a system before a decision (Bertoni et al, 2021). However, when designing a new product impacting the effectiveness of an SoS configuration (such as a fleet of vehicles, collaborative network, etc.…”