Enhancing Traditional Integrated Product Development Processes with PSS Practices for Sustainability

摘要

Product service systems can be presented as a viable alternative for the development of products and services by creating value added solutions to the consumer and providing lowest environmental impact for manufacturers. Despite the existence of PSS practices related to product servitization, the addition of services within product development doesn't necessarily lead to the mitigation of environmental impacts. Therefore, there isn't evidence of works regarding the systematization and integration of these practices into the product development process. The present paper presents a proposal for the integration of PSS practices into an existing New Product Development (NPD) reference model aiming at better environmental performance.