Development of technology roadmap for Product-Service System (TRPSS)

Abstract

Nowadays, the body of literature has been almost unanimous for the needs of sustainable production and consumption. A Product-Service System (PSS) is a promising and prevalent concept for this purpose, selling an integrated offering of products and services, rather than selling a single product. Even PSS has received a great attention in both academia and practice; there has been a lack of research regarding the strategic planning of PSS under the systematic methodology. In response, this paper suggests a revised technology roadmap for product-service system (TRPSS), proposing three types of TRPSS by accommodating the different characteristics of PSS. Differentiating the three types of TRPSS, this paper also provides structural differences and implications. This paper contributes to the fields by firstly suggesting a technology roadmap for PSS, a promising and dominant business model today. Suggested TRPSS and differentiated three types of TRPSS can be flexibly used according to the business circumstances.