Abstract

The concept of product-focused manufacturing processes has been challenged by the rise of
product-as-a-service for manufacturers and their industrial clients. Product offerings that
include value-added service proposals guarantee that producers will make money. Services
are already emerging as reliable income streams, necessitating a complete business model
change for rethinking strategies and developing new competencies. The term "servitisation"
refers to a business strategy where the result or services are offered as a product,
guaranteeing that customer demands are addressed while enhancing the performance of
the primary product outcome. To survive and expand in the developing economy,
manufacturers must start a transformation of operations, moving from a product-focused
functional structure to one that is more customer and outcome-focused.

Introduction
The Changing Manufacturing Terrain
Commoditisation is rising due to declining product differentiation, rising customer
expectations, and changing environmental and safety standards. Upending established
marketplaces forces businesses to reconsider their current service and business models.
Manufacturers are changing their operational capabilities to: 
 Apply best practices like performance-based contracts 
 Packaging and delivering value services at every stage of the customer's value chain

The Growing Importance of the Service Business

To maintain a proper balance in value creation, the value proposition has to change from
manufacturing activities to the fulfilment of consumer demand.
For manufacturers attempting to expand and develop their service industry, the role of
contract formulation is essential. A strong and well-defined contract might have a
detrimental effect on product sales, but it also increases revenue overall. The typical
warranty for physical assets includes a clear distinction between the sales transaction and
the after-sales product lifetime maintenance. For example, the customer considers
maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) costs as unavoidable.
Contrarily, revenue for the provider is decided by performance metrics in contracts based
on performance.
Thus, customers pay for performance results rather than completed activities.
Here are the many service agreements that may be created between a provider and a client,
listed in decreasing order of possible profit:
 Contracts based on performance or outcomes
 Time and material contracts
 Spare parts sales and maintenance contracts
 MRO Contracts

LITERATURE REVIEW
In 2009 Baines T.S et al. [1] said that Servitization is the innovation of an organisation’s
capabilities and procedures to move away from selling standalone products and toward
selling integrated goods and services that add value while being used. Examples of
servitisation in the literature include a broad spectrum. These usually emphasise the
possibility of preserving income streams and boosting profitability., For manufacturers,
servitisation is not a magic bullet. But it is an idea with much potential, giving businesses
ways to advance up the value chain and take advantage of higher-value economic
endeavours. There isn't much research out there right now that practitioners could use.
Drawing on the work of other related research communities, their paper offers a valuable
overview of servitisation and a foundation for an additional in-depth investigation into the
more significant subject of service-led competitive strategy.

In 2011 Andy Neely et al.[2] did a comprehensive examination of ventures' servitization.

manufacturing to provide more support. In this research, we examine the extent of

servitization in several countries using the OSIRIS data set. Servitization increased in China
from 1% in 2007 to about 20% in 2011. Information made it clear that manufacturing
companies are modernising by integrating services into their main product or adding
administration. Providing further information on earlier research, such as global trends in
the servitization of manufacturing
In 2013 Zahir Ahamed et al.[3] studied a servitization of manufacturing observational
contextual study of IBM Corporation. Modelled progression of a business from
manufacturing to servitization. With the company's primary objective being to produce an
item of reasonable quality, assets and innovation regulate the firm cycle in conventional
manufacturing. As the primary focus of the company is on developing value-added
administrations activities, counselling, financing, planning, etc., and has generally moved its
business from not just delivering merchandise to offering a variety of products and
enterprises, a critical distinction in the revamped firm is that they are led through abilities and
information. The paper also looked at how perceptions and outcomes dependent on IBM were
affected by practical aspects of the association's social adaptation and primary change
measures towards servitisation manufacturing.
In 2013 Howard Lightfoot et al. [4] stated that attempts were made to investigate the
sending and skills of those crucial to delivering cutting-edge services in their distribution.
The topics covered ranged from offices to data and correspondence innovations to vertical
coordination and provider combination to execution estimation frameworks and business
measures. Every time a new set of findings has emerged, it is instantly shared with the
network of fringe researchers. As mentioned in the study, additional studies investigated
the techniques and innovations suitably adjusted producers employ in their work.
In 2010 Ahonen et al. [ 5] introduced and described the notion of servitization, gave a
summary of some relevant literature, and explained why manufacturing companies must
employ servitization as a strategy. It goes through the salient features of servitization as
innovation on several different levels. The chapter also discusses the types of services that
manufacturing businesses may provide, the significant steps towards becoming a fully
servitizedmanufacturing firm, and the obstacles to be overcome along the way. Since both
the defensive and offensive forces driving servitization are getting stronger, this trend will
probably continue. The research also emphasises how complex and intricate the transition
to a servitized manufacturing business is and how failure rates are not trivial.
In 2014 Grubic T. et al. [6] stated that The core concept of service is the transfer of risk from
the consumer to the producer. Remote monitoring technology can reduce some of those
hazards by offering real-time information on the present and expected health of a product
in the field. Despite being acknowledged as one of the primary facilitators of servitization,
this issue has received very little attention from the mainstream servitization research
community. The objective is to locate and critically evaluate pertinent research on remote
monitoring technology and servitization to develop a research agenda for future studies in
this field. The technique used is a three-step process for doing a literature review: defining
the goal and research questions, choosing keywords and databases, and finding and
analysing pertinent publications. Ten conclusions have been developed that summarise the
present state of study in terms of instances, advantages and difficulties of employing remote
monitoring technology to support servitized techniques. The overall view is that knowledge
about the function and contribution of remote monitoring technology in service delivery
and strategy is still in its infancy and that much more work will need to be put into changing
this. Several areas that demand more investigation are mentioned. Additionally, it is
indicated that this technology has enormous potential for service and business model
innovation; hence, additional study is required to advance our understanding of these
subjects.
In 2009 Pajari o. et al. [7] Manufacturing firms that use the servitization approach frequently
ignore the services available for the items they make. Obtaining outside expertise from
service providers might be a solution to this issue. This study aims to comprehend the
integration of such knowledge from service providers by manufacturing businesses seeking
a servitization-driven business model innovation (BMI). We concentrate on the many
cooperation styles that might take place and the dynamics of knowledge sharing (KS) in
these collaborations. We use a multiple-case study methodology to examine nine BMI
processes from businesses that switched from a conventional to a servitized business
model. By merging these two concepts, we can create a theoretical framework that offers
six potential KS dynamics for the servitization design.
In 2009 Andy et al. [8] examined how the use of digital technology promoted servitization
and provided an overview of the relevant research. By analysing how the literature
discusses the fusion of servitisation and digital technology, the study seeks to define the
phenomena of "digital servitisation" and offer potential topics for further investigation. The
systematic review of the scientific literature found that the phenomenon has received only a
small. Still, a growing amount of attention from scientific studies has mainly concentrated
on the role of a small number of digital technologies (most notably, the Internet of Things)
studied in isolation. The research has mainly used an empirical, case-based methodological
approach, primarily concentrating on the use of digital technology for the industrial
equipment, automotive, and IT industries.

In 2013 Howard L. et al . [9] Manufacturing servitization was a broad and intricate area of
research interest. To view the many contributions to knowledge production from those
research communities dealing with servitisation, this work aims to give an integrative and
organising lens. To do this, the study tries to answer two key questions: Where are the
knowledge stocks and flows among the research communities? And what general scientific
issues are these communities addressing? The authors have conducted a comprehensive
evaluation of the research literature related to the servitisation of manufacturing using an
evidence-based methodology. This study includes a descriptive and thematic analysis of 148
academic publications published in 68 international peer-reviewed journals by 103 distinct
lead authors.

In 2002 Agnihotri S at el. [10] We looked for publications in the ISI Web of Science and
SCOPUS to perform this investigation. Academic journals published between January 2010
and September 2016 were included in the search criteria. A good conceptual framework for
the subject of e-business is established by Al-Debei and Avison (2010) and Zott, Amit, and
Massa (2011), which also serve as a point of reference for DBM analysis. Based on these
reference papers, the analysis's time frame was constrained to publications between 2010
and September 30, 2016. "Digital business models/model" and "digitalisation and business
models/model/modelling" were the search phrases.

The servitization business model

Manufacturers could provide their clients services on one of three primary levels:

1. Selling replacement parts when needed is known as "spare parts."

2. Reactive "as required" services: Maintenance, reconditioning, support, training, and

replacements in their entirety

3. Ongoing services include maintenance agreements, condition monitoring, support

contracts, and outcome-based agreements (called "advanced services").

The further up these layers a business can go, the more robust its model will be, and the
more solid its customer relationships will be.

Challenges in Implementing Servitization

The real-world situation shows that achieving the appropriate ROI in services is frequently
challenging, despite servitisation claims to provide robust competition with rapid
development, revenue, and profit-making potential. This is primarily because creating and
sustaining goods for servitizationservitisation requires high equipment and service use.

Manufacturers face the following difficulties:

 Mindset changes for a revised organisational strategy
 Managing timelines as you develop the service
 Facilitating the reorganisation of corporate functions
 Supporting overarching organisational change
 Taking into account cultural and geographic diversity

The suggested framework may be used by manufacturing organisations to completely

reinvent their service lifecycles without interfering with their current business processes.
This can assist manufacturers in offering a consistent brand experience while driving
speedier issue response and proactive and predictive maintenance.

Application
Xerox
The American company, Xerox Holdings Corporation, offers print and digital document
services and solutions in more than 160 nations. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk,
Connecticut (having relocated from Stamford, Connecticut, in October 2007). However, the
firm was founded in Rochester, New York, and most of its workforce is there. For $6.4
billion, the business acquired Affiliated Computer Services at the beginning of 2010. It
constantly appears on the list of Fortune 500 firms since it is a big established corporation.
Servitization of Xerox:
Xerox, a company formerly renowned for photocopiers, now markets itself as a company for
corporate management and operations. Today, services account for more than half of
Xerox's revenue.

Xerox has expanded recently to include business process outsourcing, document

management, and publishing and production services. Giving Hertz learning solutions, like
curriculum content, administration, and learner support services, is an example of a used
service. Xerox developed a digital archive and interface for Siemens Italy to enhance
document control and lessen paper consumption and waste.

The process that Xerox underwent is referred to as "the essence of servitisation, employing
technology to deliver services firmly tied with current goods" on the Xerox blog.

Alstom
Alstom SA is a French multinational with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia
and New Pendolino high-speed trains, suburban, regional, and metro trains and Citadis
trams rolling stock company involved in the passenger transportation, signalling, and
locomotive industries.
In 1928, Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston and the electric engineering branch of
Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques merged to establish Alsthom (formerly Als-
Thom). Constructions Electriques de France (1932), the shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique
(1976), and portions of ACEC were among notable subsequent purchases (Belgium, the late
1980s).
In 1989, GEC Alsthom was created by combining components of the General Electric
Company (UK). With the purchases of Italian rail signalling expert Sasib Railways and
German rolling stock maker Linke-Hofmann-Busch, the business increased its stake in the
rail industry during the 1990s. GEC Alsthom was listed on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1998;
later that year, it changed its name to Alstom.
Servitization of Alstom:
Based on the concept of "lost customer hours," Alstom provides comprehensive
maintenance services that prioritise performance for its clients.

Therefore, reducing the duration of delays brought on by train breakdowns and the number
of impacted passengers is an important goal. Alstom is subject to financial penalties from
the client under the contract terms if they fail to deliver during peak hours.

Alstom's TrainLife Services (TLS) package, which supports customers' needs for dependable,
high-quality service, comprises services including condition-based maintenance, support for
organisational and technical operations, and performance improvement.

MAN Truck and Bus UK

A Traton subsidiary and one of the top manufacturers of commercial vehicles globally is
MAN Truck & Bus SE. With its main office in Munich, Germany, MAN Truck & Bus
manufactures a variety of vehicles, including buses, coaches, interurban coaches, and city
buses, as well as vans, trucks, and heavy goods vehicles up to 250 t road train gvw.
Additionally, MAN Truck & Bus makes diesel and natural gas engines. The original meaning
of the MAN abbreviation was Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, also known as MAN
AG.
Servitization of MAN Truck and Bus UK:
A prime example of market-driven servitisation is MAN Truck and Bus UK. In a market where
product demand for a short period substantially decreased, MAN shifted its focus to service
operations for its current clientele.

Through its "Trucknology" fleet management solution, MAN focuses on assisting in

increasing the profitability of its clients' fleets. Using sensors, MAN assists its clients in
locating inefficiencies and provides information that might lead to cost savings. Due to
technology, MAN can detect inefficiencies such as driving too quickly or leaving the engine
running when parked.
Eventually, technology aids users in enhancing fuel economy, lowering maintenance costs,
reducing accident rates, and reducing fleet size by improving the overall performance of
individual vehicles and drivers so that fewer trucks are required.

MAN has maintained its leading position, achieved excellent customer value rankings, and
increased revenue thanks to its customer-focused strategy.

Caterpillar
A Fortune 100 American company called Caterpillar Inc. creates, develops, manufactures,
promotes, and sells to clients machinery, engines, financial products, and insurance through
a global dealer network. It is the biggest producer of construction machinery in the world.
Servitization of Caterpillar:
Another excellent example of a service which offers various services in addition to
production.
The Cat® Product Link, a remote tracking and monitoring service, is one example of such a
service. This service gives customers information on where equipment is located and
monitors components for preventative maintenance to increase component life and save
downtime.
Using information transmitted by Caterpillar trucks, Caterpillar remotely analyses the
machinery to make decisions that maximise performance.
Rolls Royce
Since 2003, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited, a British luxury car manufacturer, has been the
sole producer of vehicles bearing the Rolls-Royce brand and a wholly owned subsidiary of
BMW AG. In Goodwood, West Sussex, England, the company's administrative and
manufacturing headquarters are situated on the Goodwood Estate.
Servitization of Rolls Royce:
A prime example of servitisation is Rolls-Royce. Engine manufacturers manufacturer Rolls-
Royce has provided clients with a service package in which they pay by the hour depending
on how long an engine is in use.
This is a considerable departure from manufacturers' usual business practices, which include
selling a product and then charging for repairs as frequently as necessary. In this approach,
producers eventually benefit from unstablehazardous items that require more maintenance,
which is wrong and terrible for customers.
Engines are rented to clients as part of the TotalCare® servicing package that Rolls-Royce
provides to airlines, part of the TotalCare®detailsine details details-Royce offers to airlines;
Engines are leased to clients. Rolls-Royce keeps track of machine data to anticipate future
maintenance issues, so maintenance is only done as needed. This eliminates unscheduled
and engine downtime while saving money on unnecessary maintenance work.
Rolls-Royce, which has been covering the majority of engines with their service package
since 2010, has demonstrated financial advantages from the improved alignment between
the customer's demands and the manufacturer made possible by this service.

Servitization, Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Numerous serviced manufacturing businesses are now offering a varvariousices, and the
Internet of Things and Big Data play a vital role in this. Businesses Businesses Businesses use
networked sensors to gather data and make management choices. This is accomplished
using sensors connected to the Internet of Things on equipment like railway cars, vehicles,
and aeroplane engines to collect data. The sensors collect information on the condition of
the parts, future maintenance problems, and other essential performance indicators. Using
this information, decision-makers may increase productivity, save costs, and provide other
advantages to customers.
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