Servitization, Services and Managing Complexity: Representation of Services in Contractual Agreements

Ieva Harjo; Thomas Frandsen; Juliana Hsuan

Servitization, Services and Managing Complexity: Representation of Services in Contractual Agreements

Ieva Harjo, Thomas Frandsen, Juliana Hsuan

Department of Operations Management

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Abstract

This paper explores how seemingly complex servitized solutions can become tradable in a customer–supplier relationship by objectification and abbreviation. The key argument is that the complexity of product-service solutions can be reduced by abbreviation of the reality in written form of contracts and agreements that allow for customization while
making the offer more comprehensible for customers and more manageable for suppliers. Preliminary results from an exploratory case study are presented.

Original language	English
Publication date	2016
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	The 23rd International Annual EurOMA Conference 2016 - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway Duration: 17 Jun 2016 → 22 Jun 2016 Conference number: 23 http://www.euroma2016.org/

Conference

Conference	The 23rd International Annual EurOMA Conference 2016
Number	23
Location	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Country	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	17/06/2016 → 22/06/2016
Internet address	http://www.euroma2016.org/

Keywords

Servitization
Solutions
Customer-supplier relationships

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