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Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Oct 24, 20175 min read
Advanced Service as a new Business Model for Manufacturing
Earlier this week, I gave a keynote talk at the Future Manufacturing Conference 2017 at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh. The...


Jane Irene Kelly
Aug 17, 20173 min read
Manufacturers see dollar signs in service—but only when CFOs see beyond risk
.:: My Interview with Jane Irene Kelly - Originally published at Sage Advice ::. For manufacturers today, making products is becoming...


Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Aug 13, 20175 min read
Why servitization is critical
.:: Originally published at http://fieldservicenews.com/why-servitization-is-critical/ ::. Ahead of this year’s Spring Servitization...


Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Jul 28, 20172 min read
New ESRC-funded Research Project: Pathways towards Servitization
I am grateful to receive my first research grant as the Principal Investigator, awarded by ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council,...


Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Jun 21, 20172 min read
Servitization in the UK Road Transport Industry
As part of our industry engagements and collaborations, we have been working closely with the UK Road Transport Industry. During the last...

Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
May 22, 20174 min read
Spring Servitization Conference 2017: Internationalisation through Servitization
Last week we held our 6th Spring Servitization Conference. It was the first time we hosted the conference outside the UK, near the...


Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Feb 2, 20174 min read
Servitization: gaining momentum in daily lives
One of the keep-coming-up questions I get when I talk about servitization is "what are the key examples that really demonstrate the scope...


Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Nov 17, 20163 min read
Disruption in Manufacturing: Why GE bought ServiceMax?
Yet again another sensational news surprised everyone in the world of manufacturing; GE Digital announced it is going to buy ServiceMax,...


Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Sep 14, 20163 min read
What Do We (really) Mean by Advanced Services?
In the past few weeks, Tim Baines and I spent a good amount of time to address what do we really mean by advanced services? How such...

Dr Ali Ziaee Bigdeli
Aug 1, 20163 min read
Servitization: Revisiting the State of the art
Our latest research paper just got accepted for publication at the International Journal of Operations & Production Management (24 July...
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