This paper proposes the PSS Business Case Map as a tool to support designers’ idea generation in PSS design. The map visualizes the similarities among PSS business cases in a two-dimensional diagram. To make the map, PSS business cases are first collected by conducting, for example, a literature survey. The collected business cases are then classified from multiple aspects that characterize each case such as its product type, service type, target customer, and so on. Based on the results of this classification, the similarities among the cases are calculated and visualized by using the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) technique. A SOM is a type of artificial neural network that is trained using unsupervised learning to produce a low-dimensional (typically two-dimensional) view from high-dimensional data. The visualization result is offered to designers in a form of a two-dimensional map, which is called the PSS Business Case Map. By using the map, designers can figure out the position of their current business and can acquire ideas for the servitization of their business.
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ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 12–15, 2012
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Design Engineering Division
- Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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Fumiya Akasaka,
Fumiya Akasaka
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
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Kazuki Fujita,
Kazuki Fujita
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshiki Shimomura
Yoshiki Shimomura
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
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Fumiya Akasaka
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuki Fujita
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiki Shimomura
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
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DETC2012-70692, pp. 1023-1032; 10 pages
Published Online:
September 9, 2013
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Akasaka, F, Fujita, K, & Shimomura, Y. "PSS Business Case Map: Supporting Idea Generation in PSS Design." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 3: 38th Design Automation Conference, Parts A and B. Chicago, Illinois, USA. August 12–15, 2012. pp. 1023-1032. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2012-70692
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