Introducing Strategic Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Product-Service Innovation Across Value Chains
| Document type: | Conference Papers |
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| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Author(s): | Henrik Ny, Anthony Thompson, Pia Lindahl, Göran Broman, Ola Isaksson, Raul Carlson, Tobias Larsson, Karl-Henrik Robèrt |
| Title: | Introducing Strategic Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Product-Service Innovation Across Value Chains |
| Conference name: | Sustainable Innovation 08: Future products, technologies and industries |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | The Centre for Sustainable Design |
| City: | Malmö |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Engineering - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap - avd. för maskinteknik) School of Engineering S- 371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.bth.se/ing/ |
| Authors e-mail: | henrik.ny@bth.se, anthony.thompson@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Most companies do not have a coherent and systematic approach for incorporating sustainability criteria into their decision support systems. Given this, what would such a strategic decision support system (SDSS) look like that that is coherent throughout a development process and systematically incorporates (1) a full sustainability perspective, including (2) a broader approach to meeting needs by product-service systems, and (3) interfaces toward both specific groups of decision makers and specialized in-depth tools? We anticipate such an SDSS being structured by a framework for strategic sustainable development that provides a principle-based definition of sustainability and a systematic method to identify problems and solutions by backcasting from that definition. This should aid identification of potential benefits and challenges of shifting from a product-only focus to a focus on product-service systems. Additionally, the new sustainability and product-service system decision support should be flexible enough to be incorporated into existing decision-making processes. It will likely be formed around a built-in product development process at the companies. |
| Subject: | Mechanical Engineering\General Sustainability\General |
| Keywords: | sustainability, strategic sustainable development, value chains, decision support systems, product-service systems |
