Product-Service System development with Discrete Event Simulation modeling dynamic behavior in Product-Service Systems

Weidmann, Dominik; Maisenbacher, Sebastian; Kasperek, Daniel; Maurer, Maik

doi:10.1109/syscon.2015.7116741

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“…This is unsurprising since DES can deal with the complexity of PSS. DES can be used to address the variability, uncertainty and risk over the in-service phase of a PSS contract (Kyösti & Reed, 2015;Weidmann et al, 2015). However, the use of agent based simulation is growing in PSS research since it provides a window to assess how interaction of individual agents gives rise to emergent system behaviour (Wrasse et al 2015).…”

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The Application Of Simulation To Product Service Systems: A Review (WIP)

2017

Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC)

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One innovative strategy among product manufacturers is to compete through the delivery of services to their clients. The range of advanced services provided by these manufacturers are underpinned by a system known as product-service systems (PSS). Based on a literature review, a description of a PSS with its dynamic behaviour is provided. Three PSS modelling and simulation methods (system dynamics, discrete event simulation and agent based simulation) and the nature of their application in the context of PSS are identified and discussed. Results indicate DES as the mostly used simulation approach accounting for over 50% papers reviewed due to its ability to model the dynamic behaviour of PSS over time. Previous and current research have focused on the design and in-service phase of PSS lifecycle phase. The choice of specific simulation method is dependent on the objectives intended, which include optimization of design configuration during the design and development phase and performance evaluation and optimization of resource utilization during the in-service phase of a PSS lifecycle. An area for further research is the application of simulation as a tool for cost analysis and cost estimation.

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The Application Of Simulation To Product Service Systems: A Review (WIP)

2017

Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC)

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“…As reviewed in Section II-A, the adoption of PSSs entails making decisions on several and diverse tactics, having often to consider stochastic processes and changing environments within the decision making process, such as: unexpected failures or maintenance actions, changes in customers' expectations and requisites, new competitors, etc. In this complex context, simulation modelling becomes a powerful tool in order to analyse the long-term impact of decisions to be made through life cycle analyses [14], [57], [58], thus reducing assumed risks by OEMs adopting PSS business models [59].…”

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Asset Management Framework and Tools for Facing Challenges in the Adoption of Product-Service Systems

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Castellano

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IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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Servitisation is recognized as a key business strategy for Original Equipment Manufacturers willing to move up the value chain. However, several barriers have to be overcome in order to successfully integrate products and services. Many of these barriers are caused by the technical challenges associated with the design and management of the product-service systems, such as life cycle service level and cost estimation, risk management, or the system design and pricing.Asset management presents itself as a key research area in order to overcome these barriers as well as to integrate product-service systems within the manufacturers' operations management. It is the scope of this paper to provide theoretical and practical insights with regards to the alignment of asset management and product-service system research areas. To support the alignment between both areas, a management framework which gathers specific technologies, including reliability analysis, simulation modelling and multi-objective optimisation algorithms, is presented. The purpose of the framework is to provide manufacturers with a decision-support tool that facilitates the main managerial challenges faced when implementing a servitisation strategy.The paper contributions are successfully applied to case studies in the railway and wind energy sectors based on real field data, thereby demonstrating their suitability for both facilitating manufacturer's decisionmaking process and better satisfying stakeholders' interests. MANAGERIAL RELEVANCE STATEMENTShifting from product-oriented to service-oriented business models could become critical for those manufacturers aiming at moving up the value chain for a better future market position. However, such business models imply to assume the ownership of the products that they used to sell, and in rather unknown scenarios. Thus, products become manufacturers' assets, which need to be managed for them to provide value to their businesses over their entire life cycle.The lack of asset management capabilities at manufacturers' side may develop a serious risk that is further translated into barriers hindering service-oriented business models adoption. Such barriers are related to difficulties, for instance, to properly define the product-service system contracts or to fulfil stakeholders' requirements during the system life cycle in highly uncertain scenarios.In this context, the present paper proposes a management framework to provide manufacturers some of the capabilities needed to overcome above mentioned barriers, helping them to design and manage successful 2 product-service systems.The framework designed consists of analytical and empirical models providing advanced capabilities for product-service systems management. Likewise, the paper helps manufacturers understand the managerial insights that such capabilities may provide them along their different decision processes, which are further illustrated through wind energy and railway case studies. AbstractServitisation is recognized as a key business strategy f...

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“…Discrete event simulation (DES) is the most widely used simulation approach in manufacturing applications, 1 but it also covers technical as well as service applications. 2 It has been increasingly employed to aid decision-making and it is a method concerned with the modeling of systems that can be represented by a series of discrete events with passive entities flowing through it.…”

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Application of a management and storage system for knowledge generated from simulation projects as a teaching and assessment tool

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During the development of a simulation project, people involved in the study acquire greater knowledge of the system being simulated. However, this knowledge is usually not externalized and ends up being lost at the end of the project. In this context, knowledge management allied with information technology may assist in information management and enable the collection, storage, and dissemination of knowledge. Thus, this paper aims to discuss and present a knowledge management system to manage and to store the knowledge generated by analysts in simulation projects. Our intention was to demonstrate a way that the knowledge can be stored and accessed at any moment by anyone to recover the development process and avoid mistakes during a simulation project. In order to achieve this goal, some graduate and undergraduate simulation courses at a Brazilian federal university were used as objects of study. At the end of the study, it was concluded that knowledge management integrated with information technology contributes to the work of simulation analysts by supporting information and knowledge management throughout the stages of the simulation projects.

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Product-Service System development with Discrete Event Simulation modeling dynamic behavior in Product-Service Systems

Cited by 16 publications

References 25 publications

The Application Of Simulation To Product Service Systems: A Review (WIP)

The Application Of Simulation To Product Service Systems: A Review (WIP)

Asset Management Framework and Tools for Facing Challenges in the Adoption of Product-Service Systems

Application of a management and storage system for knowledge generated from simulation projects as a teaching and assessment tool

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