Modern Industrial Services

Shaun West is Professor of Product-Service System Innovation at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Switzerland). A Ph.D. from Imperial College in London, Prof. West worked for over 25 years in several industrial service businesses such as AEA Technology, National Power, GE Energy Services, and Sulzer. His research focuses on supporting industrial firms to develop and deliver new services and service-friendly business models. He is a member of the of the Swiss Alliance of Data-Intensives Services, and is on the advisory board for the ASAP Service Management Forum, an Italian industry-academic initiative that aims to promote service management's culture and excellence through research projects, practice, education, and technological transfer. Paolo Gaiardelli is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering of the University of Bergamo (Italy). His teaching and research mainly focus on Production and ServiceManagement, with a specific interest in Lean Management. He is the European Chair of IFIP Working Group 5.7 (Advances in Production Management Systems) and coordinator of its Special Interest Group in Service Systems Design, Engineering, and Management. He is also a member of ASAP Service Management Forum.Nicola Saccani is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, University of Brescia (Italy). He is part of the RISE laboratory (Research and Innovation for Smart Enterprise) and is a member and past coordinator of the ASAP Service Management Forum. His research concerns service and supply chain management, particularly the impact of digital transformation, servitization, and a circular economy on business models, supply chain configuration, and operations management. He is the author of several scientific publications in these fields, and has taken part in several company transfer projects on these topics.

• 1. Understanding the Barriers That Slow Firms Shifting from Products to Services.- 2. Overcoming the Barriers to Service Excellence.- 3. Methods and Tools for Overcoming the Barriers to Servitization and Service Excellence.