Product service systems
Work Package Objectives:
Identify current and potential best practice with regard to PSS which can be used to decouple manufacturing profit from the need to produce additional furniture (with associated emissions)
Work Package Leader:
Dr Paul Micklethwaite, Kingston University
Conference paper: "More than a source of cheap furniture: from reuse to
remanufacture" given by Paul at the 5th International Conference on Design and Manufacture for Sustainable Development, Loughborough University, 10th-11th July 2007Task 1.1: Identification of current service systems employed by UK furniture manufacturers through discussions with and a review of the operating practices of a representative sample of office and contract furniture manufacturers
Task 1.2: – Identification of alternative PSS (inc. non-UK) to add value and reduce environmental impact (primary and desk research)
Task 1.3 – Evaluation of alternative methods of PSS through consultation with furniture manufacturers and relevant stakeholders with the development of a best practice document
