Made to serve : how manufacturers can compete through servitization and product service systems /
A comprehensive, practical introduction to one of the most important new trends in manufacturing, globally The delivery of a service component as an added value when providing products, servitization is all the rage in the manufacturing sector around the world. Yet, despite the clear competitive adv...
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Chichester, West Sussex :
John Wiley & Sons Ltd.,
2013.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Terminology and Scope; This book deals with manufacturers; Manufacturers servitizing through advanced services; Advanced services are delivered through product-service systems (PSS); Product-service systems significantly impact the operations of the manufacturer; 1.2 Knowledge Base; 1.3 What's New Here?; 1.4 Navigating This Book; Part 1: Business Context; Chapter 2: Business context for servitization; 2.1 An Economic Perspective; 2.2 An Environmental Perspective.
- 2.3 A Market and Social Perspective2.4 A Technology Innovation Perspective; 2.5 A Knowledge Perspective; Services marketing community; Services management community; Servitization community; Product-service systems community; Service science community; Summarizing the knowledge base; 2.6 Summarizing the Business Context; Part 2: Competing Through Services; Chapter 3: Elements of servitization; 3.1 The Challenge of Visualizing What it Can Mean to Servitize; 3.2 A Process of Servitization; 3.3 Defining Base, Intermediate and Advanced Services; 3.4 Features Commonly Coupled to Advanced Services.
- Advanced services usually feature an extended life-cycleAdvanced services usually feature extended responsibilities, risks and penalties; Advanced services usually feature regular revenue payments; 3.5 A Summary of Advanced Services; Chapter 4: Business implications of advanced services; 4.1 Setting Out to Explore Financial Performance; 4.2 Services, Revenues and Profitability; 4.3 Motivations of Manufacturers Providing Advanced Services; Helping customers to be successful; addressing their business pains and helping them to gain.
- Growing business through opening up new revenue streams with existing customers through process innovationsDeveloping long-term business relationships that lock out competitors; Developing resilient cash flow and revenue streams; 4.4 Motivations of Customers Adopting Advanced Services; Reducing operating costs and improving the product/asset performance; Enabling the management team to focus energies on core business activities; Transfer fixed costs into variable costs that reflect revenue generation; Improving financial visibility.
- Reducing risks and barriers of acquiring and operating new technologies4.5 A Roadmap of Servitization and Advanced Services; Part 3: Service Delivery System; Chapter 5: Delivery of advanced services; 5.1 Searching for Leaders; 5.2 A Perspective Against the World of Production; 5.3 Advanced Services and Product-Service Systems; 5.4 Service Delivery System for Advanced Services; 5.5 Key Capabilities of a Service Delivery System; 5.6 Chapter Summary; Chapter 6: Performance measures and demonstration of value; 6.1 A Pyramid of Performance Measures; 6.2 Customer Facing Measures of Performance.
