Nowadays manufacturers’ need to systematically develop innovative integrated solutions is increasingly pushed by new technologies, a multiple functionalities demand and a change in the customer value perception. For these reasons, it is very complex for Product Service Systems (PSS) providers to fulfil all the design requirements: designers must consider all the objectives the PSS wants to achieve during its whole lifecycle according to different criteria, which are often to be considered according to a trade-off balance. At present, Design for X (DfX) design methods represent the most important attempt to enhance product development according to certain characteristics or lifecycle phases: authors believe they can also support the PSS design, redesigning or enhancing products in certain X-dimensions, in particular those ones related to “service supportability”. On this basis, a methodology generating new Design for X (DfX) guidelines has been proposed: in this paper an application case in the mold industry shows how a physical product can be improved when a service has to be added and integrated. At the same time, new industry-specific PSS design guidelines and rules are proposed.
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Sassanelli, C., Pezzotta, G., Sala, R., Koutopes, A., & Terzi, S. (2017). The Design for product service supportability (DfPSSu) methodology: Generating sector-specific guidelines and rules to improve product service systems (PSSs). In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (Vol. 517, pp. 679–689). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72905-3_60
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