Industrial Product Service System: A Case Study from the Agriculture Sector

Aiman Ziout, Ahmed Azab
2015 Procedia CIRP  
Recent research shows that manufacturers' contribution to sustainable development can be improved by adopting a product service system (PSS). It is argued in this paper that such non-traditional business strategy is a crucial decision to the enterprise. Metrics need to be identified at different levels: industry, enterprise, and product. The objective of this research is to identify PSS metrics for agriculture industry. PESTEL analysis is carried out to determine these metrics. A case study of
more » ... grain spreader is used to derive the appropriate metrics. Decision model is developed and its can be implemented by the PSS partners.
doi:10.1016/j.procir.2015.06.013 fatcat:o26e74gj6bbgth7hezm3idtq5m