Focus on relationship with the customer – From product to service
Companies within this archetype focus on providing a service that directly addresses the needs of their customers, rather than on selling a product. They typically put a strategic focus on business strategies, like product-service systems or on-demand production, allowing them to apply sustainable materials management strategies within their own company, or allowing others to do so, e.g. by offering a sharing platform.
Browse the cases linked to this Archetype
- Indaver Molecule Management
- Econation light energy
- De akoestiekfabriek
- Ulma
- SafeChem COMPLEASE
- Peerby (Go)
- SnappCar
- Les Rebelles d'Anvers
- Krijgdekleertjes
- Blablacar
- Shareyourmeal.net
- Laser Cladding Venture
- Buggybooker
- Tournevie
- Caterpillar Reman
- BMW DriveNow
- Michelin
- Philips Pay Per Lux
- Ricoh
- Millau Viaduct
- Liefkenshoek Tunnel
- Tapazz
- Take back Chemicals
- Skilpod
- Opalis
- Green Wheels
- Lena Fashion Library
Combined strategies
Circular Value Creation Strategies
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Remanufacture
Remanufacture
Return product /component to original specifications (remanufacturing) or to satisfactory working conditions (refurbishment).
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Reuse
Reuse
The common use of a product (or product parts) spread over sequential timeframes.
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Repair
Repair
The correction of a specified fault to prolong the product’s lifetime.
Value Proposition Strategies
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Product Service System – product oriented
Product Service System – product oriented
Product-service system focused on the extension of services around a product (e.g. repair service, extended warranty,...).
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Product Service System – use oriented
Product Service System – use oriented
Product-service system focused on the provision of a service by renting/leasing a product (e.g. rental of cleaning equipment)
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Product Service System – result oriented
Product Service System – result oriented
Product-service system entirely focused on delivery of a performance (e.g. amount of clean products).
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Asset sharing
Asset sharing
Generating customer value by enabling the shared use of their assets
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On demand
On demand
Production on demand, eliminating unused stocks.
Value network strategies
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Take back management
Take back management
Logistics / establishing network collaboration for taking back end-of-life products from the customer, enabling the execution of a circular value creation strategy
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Platform (online, other)
Platform (online, other)
An online or on-site solution to facilitate matching of supply and demand of materials or assets (e.g. product sharing, material exchange, reuse, etc.)