An increasing number of manufacturing companies is shifting their business from product selling toward providing integrated Product-Service Systems (PSS). Even though serious benefits come within both for the servitizing firm and its customers, the implementation is challenging. This thesis addresses the problem of developing PSS alternatives viable in the military missile systems market. The academic knowledge about servitization was extracted via review of research papers. The findings validity was tested in a series of workshops organized together with a Missile Systems manufacturing Company (called MSC for privacy restrictions) and its key customers. Feedbacks collected enrich the present literature with information about servitization benefits and barriers, viability of service value propositions, and the servitization dependency on remote monitoring technologies for the military missile systems industry. Then, three PSS alternatives were designed according to the activities results via the Business model Canvas tool. They were then discussed and validated in a final workshop, and they represent a viable starting point to define a servitization strategy for missile systems manufacturers. The present thesis stems from a collaboration between Politecnico di Milano university and a missile systems manufacturer.
Un numero crescente di aziende manifatturiere sta trasformando il proprio business dalla vendita di prodotti verso la fornitura di Product-Service System (PSS). Sebbene queste soluzioni portino benefici consistenti sia al provider sia al cliente, la loro implementazione non è scevra di problematiche. Questo elaborato studia come sviluppare delle alternative di PSS che siano applicabili al settore dei sistemi missilistici. Dall’analisi di articoli di ricerca è stata estrapolata l’attuale conoscenza accademica riguardo la servitizzazione del business. I risultati ottenuti sono stati corroborati attraverso una serie di workshop organizzati tra un team dell’università Politecnico di Milano, una società produttrice di sistemi missilistici (MSC) e i suoi principali clienti. I riscontri avuti arricchiscono la letteratura corrente di informazioni su benefici e barriere attesi lungo il processo di servitizzazione, sull’applicabilità di value proposition di service e sulla dipendenza della servitizzazione dalla disponibilità di tecnologie per il monitoraggio da remoto nell'ambito dell’industria dei sistemi missilistici militari. Successivamente, tre alternative di PSS sono state progettate in accordo ai risultati delle attività precedenti attraverso lo strumento del Business model Canvas. Sono state successivamente discusse e validate nel workshop conclusivo; pertanto esse rappresentano un lecito punto di partenza per definire una strategia di servitizzazione nell’ambito della produzione dei sistemi missilistici militari.
Business model solutions to foster servitization in the missile systems industry
TURCO, LUIGI
2019/2020
Abstract
An increasing number of manufacturing companies is shifting their business from product selling toward providing integrated Product-Service Systems (PSS). Even though serious benefits come within both for the servitizing firm and its customers, the implementation is challenging. This thesis addresses the problem of developing PSS alternatives viable in the military missile systems market. The academic knowledge about servitization was extracted via review of research papers. The findings validity was tested in a series of workshops organized together with a Missile Systems manufacturing Company (called MSC for privacy restrictions) and its key customers. Feedbacks collected enrich the present literature with information about servitization benefits and barriers, viability of service value propositions, and the servitization dependency on remote monitoring technologies for the military missile systems industry. Then, three PSS alternatives were designed according to the activities results via the Business model Canvas tool. They were then discussed and validated in a final workshop, and they represent a viable starting point to define a servitization strategy for missile systems manufacturers. The present thesis stems from a collaboration between Politecnico di Milano university and a missile systems manufacturer.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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