Methodological Development of Product-Service Systems

Learn how we can help your company develop a systematic process for creating new solutions or transforming existing products into product-service systems. We will structure your development process to align with your corporate culture and strategy, ensuring it is fully tailored to your needs.

While most companies have their own product development processes, they are often not comprehensive enough to support the development of complex product-service systems (PSS) solutions with many components. Consequently, companies may resort to standard development processes outlined in books or guidelines. However, these processes do not consider the unique cultural and contextual reality of each company, which can lead to significant implementation challenges. At Fraunhofer IPK, we understand these challenges and offer companies the support they need to design a customized development process. With our extensive expertise and experience, we can help companies develop highly optimized PSS solutions that maximize efficiency and profitability.

Your benefits

This solution is ideal if you are facing one of the following challenges:

• Your company lacks a reference process to support PSS development.
• You want to convert a product into a PSS solution, but you don't know how to proceed.
• You want to develop a new PSS solution.
• You want to structure a reference PSS development process.

If your company is facing any of these challenges, Fraunhofer IPK can help you define and implement a methodical process for developing new solutions or transforming your existing products into PSS. We can structure a PSS development process fully tailored to your company's unique needs.

Our support

First, we analyze your current development process and your company's context, including project typology, method repertoire, and organizational culture. This allows us to gain a deep understanding of your situation and, in close collaboration with your team, identify potential areas for improvement.

Based on our analysis, we propose a target process to ensure all necessary information for PSS development is collected and considered.

After defining the target process, we support its implementation within your company. We propose implementation strategies and adapt the process as needed to overcome any obstacles that arise during the initial phase. Our team provides ongoing advice and support to ensure successful implementation.

Throughout the process, we emphasize collaboration and communication with your team to help you achieve your goals while maintaining a flexible approach.

Developing a methodical PSS process is just one way we can help you achieve your goals. Contact us today to learn more about how we can support your business transformation.