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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Planning Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Process Chains – an Innovative Approach for an Industrial Product-Service System
Authors : J. Wewiór, M. Swat, G. Seliger, D. Bähre
Published in: The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Due to competitors in low-wage countries, many manufacturing companies must pursue new business solutions to convince industrial customers about their products. Offering solutions that meet customer needs by products with integrated services, so called Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS
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), is one option to ensure competitiveness. One challenge is how to compensate for energy costs in an IPS
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by energy efficient manufacturing. In this paper, a scenario is considered where a consortium of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Energy Planning Consultants act as an IPS
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provider to acquire new customers by energy efficient manufacturing operations.