Scope & Topics
Product Service Systems (PSS) is a new concept for business to improve their sustainability performance.
The scope of the conference addresses the theme “Product-Service Systems and Value Creation” throughout the complete product and systems’ life cycle. It will cover a wide range of topics including but not limited to:
| New business models, innovation and value creation |
PSS in the B2B & B2C industries |
| Design tools and methodologies for PSS systems |
Performance indicators |
| Economic justification and PSS cost models |
PSS knowledge generation |
| Maintenance and service through Life |
Quality management for PSS |
| Industrial marketing for PSS |
Risk management and challenges for PSS |
| Legal consideration in PSS |
Service automation engineering |
| Lifecycle product-service management |
Maintainability and serviceability |
| Networking and organization |
PSS strategies |
| PSS design and planning strategies |
Sustainability of PSS strategies |
| PSS education and training |
Industrial case studies |
Workshops/Tutorials: Product Service Design Methodology and Tools
PSS Games Day on 30 April 2014
International Panels on Industry/University Collaboration/ Innovation on PSS Case Studies
Program Features:
- Industrial and Academic Keynote Speakers
- International / Industrial Panels
- Special thematic Tracks (e.g. Variety Enablers, Digital Manufacturing, Learning Factories and Education, Complexity, Quality, ..)
- Best Paper Award
- Tours of the CEI Environmental “LEED” certified building and research Laboratories.
- Demonstration of the “iFactory” and on-going research in Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) Center
