Objective Nowadays, customers’ purchase habits have changed: they do not buy more goods or services in the traditional sense, perceiving them as two separated entities. They rather look for a solution, whose value encompasses many intertwined components, some of them being services and some being goods. In this context, the Product-Service System (PSS) concept finds its root. The servitization process of a product manufacturer into a provider of a PSS still constitutes a major managerial challenge. This challenge is based on a new kind of solution, which considers the continuum between services and products, where services represent a key element for gaining competitiveness. Theoretical and practical experiences show that servitization pushes organisations to change their strategies, operations and value chain, technologies, people expertise and system integration capabilities. As a consequence, different competences are requested to be analysed to have a complete vision of the PSS phenomenon. An international interdisciplinary working group is important to fulfil the need to provide a complete vision of the PSS. Due to the vastness of the area, it is relevant to bring together, in the context of a collaborative scheme of research exchanges, the reciprocal knowledge of the partners. The project proposal links 10 members: 4 EU, 2 AC, and 4 third country partners, which have agreed for a common exchange program on the analysis of the “Product-Service System across Life Cycle”. The exchange program aims to facilitate the deployment of a collaborative scheme focused on the exchange of the knowledge required to develop new models/methods/ICT tools to support the PSS across all its Life Cycle phases. Each member provides complementary knowledge on the field.The project will concern the exchange of a set of various activities of PhD students, researchers and professors. The planned exchange scheme will enable the reciprocal transfer of knowledge between the members. Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Coordinator UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BERGAMO Address Via salvecchio 19 24129 Bergamo Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Bergamo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sergio Cavalieri (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 31 500,00 Address Piazza san marco 4 50121 Florence See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mario Rapaccini (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data BRAUDE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KARMIEL R A Participation ended Israel EU contribution € 0,00 Address Snunit street 51 21982 Karmiel See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maya Kaner (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SHENKAR ENGINEERING.DESIGN.ART (PBC) Israel EU contribution € 6 300,00 Address Anna frank street 12 52526 Ramat gan See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Reuven Karni (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data AALBORG UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 25 200,00 Address Fredrik bajers vej 7k 9220 Aalborg See on map Region Danmark Nordjylland Nordjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Petra Kristensen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution € 18 900,00 Address College road MK43 0AL Cranfield - bedfordshire See on map Region East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Central Bedfordshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Veronica Martinez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 12 600,00 Address Universitetsomradet porson 971 87 Lulea See on map Region Norra Sverige Övre Norrland Norrbottens län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact åsa Ericson (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
