Developing the material service system concept: a case study of steel industrial drums
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Author(s)
Engelmann, Anais
Zeeuw Van Der Laan, Anouk
Nybom, Lars
Aid, Graham
Aurisicchio, Marco
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Within the circular economy, the Product-Service System (PSS) is a key business model to slow down
and dematerialise resource consumption between manufacturers or service providers and customers.
Material-Service Systems (MSSs) have been proposed as a business model to develop the performance
economy focusing on the relationship between material suppliers and manufacturers. The aim of this
research is to introduce and develop the MSS concept and to apply it to a real-world case study. The
research involved two stages. First, a modelling method is proposed to represent the flow, transformation
and ownership of resources by the stakeholders in a supply chain. Second, the method is tested using
steel industrial drums as a case. The results indicate that the MSS has the potential to radically transform
the steel drums industry and it could work effectively with a PSS within a reuse system to recondition
and reintroduce obsolete drums into the market.
and dematerialise resource consumption between manufacturers or service providers and customers.
Material-Service Systems (MSSs) have been proposed as a business model to develop the performance
economy focusing on the relationship between material suppliers and manufacturers. The aim of this
research is to introduce and develop the MSS concept and to apply it to a real-world case study. The
research involved two stages. First, a modelling method is proposed to represent the flow, transformation
and ownership of resources by the stakeholders in a supply chain. Second, the method is tested using
steel industrial drums as a case. The results indicate that the MSS has the potential to radically transform
the steel drums industry and it could work effectively with a PSS within a reuse system to recondition
and reintroduce obsolete drums into the market.
Date Issued
2021-08-01
Date Acceptance
2021-04-22
Citation
Proceedings of the Design Society, 2021, 1
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the Design Society
Volume
1
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-design-society/article/developing-the-materialservice-system-concept-a-case-study-of-steel-industrial-drums/69D3BC297CB64F317AE9ED783781924A
Source
International Conference on Engineering Design
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2021-08-16
Coverage Spatial
Gothenburg, Sweden