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PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ecobilan involved
in a project on eco-efficient innovations via integrated product-service
(PSS) offers
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ecobilan took part in a European project
on eco-efficient innovations via integrated product-service offers.
The aim of the project was to devise a methodology for development
of innovative offers and to develop an integrated toolkit for
innovation based on the product-service approach. The methodology
highlights the key factors of success for innovative PSS and offers
a systematic framework for innovation so as to ensure that all
issues have been considered.
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The project, “Methodology
for Product Service Systems” (MePSS)
was financed under the Fifth European Community Framework
Programme covering Research, Technological Development
and Demonstration activities. The consortium was lead
by PricewaterhouseCoopers and took place over 3 years,
starting in 2001. It brought together actors from
different disciplines: CIRIS/SDI Politecnico Milano,
Econcept, Dalt, Pre, Insead, Ecobilan, Zuid Hollandse
Milieufederatie, GrAT. |
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The final results of the MEPSS project were presented in a joint
Conference with other EU projects on innovative offers on the
13th of October 2004. The main results of the project were:
- An integrated methodology including existing and new tools
and that will be published in a manager's handbook and supporting
website;
- A collection of worksheets summarizing the process to follow
to implement the tools to assist the innovation process;
- A collection of best practices in the PSS field;
- Some practical examples of the implementation of the MEPSS
methodology with mainly 2 actors: a paint company and an electricity
producer.
Learn more about MEPSS by downloading the two case studies carried out by Ecobilan:
Learn more about MEPSS by downloading the Booklet for innovative
product-service offers: Methodology_for_Product_Service_Systems.pdf
More information on the MEPSS project is available from www.mepss.nl
More information about the final Conference held in Brussels
jointly with Suspronet: http://www.suspronet.org/fs_confdocs.htm.
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