Second Spring School on IPS² in Cranfield 2009
On 23 – 27 February 2009 the second international Spring School on Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS²) took place in Cranfield (UK). The week long event gave 16 participating PHD-students from 7 Universities the opportunity for extended scientific collaboration.
The event was especially intended to address young researchers in the field of Industrial Product-Service Systems. Via lectures and hands-on group works it provided an appreciation of the special features in IPS² business models, fundamental knowledge required for costing such systems, an understanding of different research methods as well as knowledge of different factors in IPS² design.
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The participants became an insight into IPS² concepts, research and design methodologies, the areas of application for such systems were addressed, and it was point of the discussion how to collect, organize, and evaluate data for such systems. Thus the participants could gain an understanding of IPS² cost and value drivers and different costing concepts and acquire working knowledge of different methodologies. Besides the knowledge transfer the collaboration of the participants from several countries especially strengthened the network within the international researchers’ community. |
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In the same way as the first international Spring School 2008 in Bochum the event this year was supported by the CIRP working group Industrial Product-Service Systems created by the collaborative research project TR29. It was organized by the participating chairs from the Ruhr-University Bochum, the TU Berlin, the University of Cranfield (UK) and the TU Kaiserslautern, but open to all students researching on Industrial Product-Service Systems. The next Spring School 2010 will take place at the technical University of Grenoble (France) under the direction of Prof. Daniel Brissaud, involving international experts and being accessible for all interested young researchers. |