Product/service-system development - An explorative case study in a manufacturing company

Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn DS 42, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tan, Adrian Ronald ^a   McAloone, Tim Charles ^a   Gall, Catherine ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Steelcase ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation strategy; Product service systems; Sustainability; Value networks; Workspace

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; INNOVATION STRATEGY; KEY ELEMENTS; LIFE PERIOD; LIFE-TIMES; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; OFFICE FURNITURE; PHYSICAL PRODUCTS; PRODUCT/SERVICE-SYSTEMS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; VALUE NETWORK; WORKSPACE;

COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DESIGN; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SALES;

EID: 84862610856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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