Table II

SeMM – critical requirements list

BM componentMM dimensionCritical requirement
Value propositionCapabilitiesCapability to design specific value propositions to meet actual customer needs
Capability to develop new service offerings that create new value for the customer
Service logic translation capability
Process managementProcedure and practices to define and formalize the key value sources for specific value propositions
Procedure and practices to ease the determination of the value for the customer (e.g. total cost of ownership)
Procedure and practices to manage service portfolio
ToolsSpecific tools and methods for service value proposition design
Tools to ease the determination of the value of the new offering
Organizational approachEstablishment of a customer-centric organization
Customer relationshipsCapabilitiesRelational skills of sales and marketing personnel
Relational skills of service personnel
Process managementProcedures and practices for managing customer feedbacks on product/service experience
ToolsICT systems/applications that support the automatization of relationships and collaboration between customers and providers
Customer segmentsCapabilitiesCapability to understand the customer's problem and interpret their real needs
Capability to manage customer production processes data
Capability to manage customer portfolio and identify customer segments
Process managementProcedures and practices for assessing customer preferences and needs on product and process-related information (e.g. technical and technological, etc.)
Procedures and practices for assessing customer preferences and needs on service-related information (e.g. services, financial aspects, risks, etc.)
ChannelsOrganizational approachEstablishment of an after-sales teams for different service categories
Establishment of a field service organization
Establishment of sales teams/key account managers to direct interface with important customers
PartnershipsCapabilitiesCapability to select and evaluate suppliers'/partners' performances over time and their achievement of targets/expectations
Process managementProcedures and practices for drawing-up business deals/agreement with key partner/suppliers
ToolsICT systems/applications that support supply chain management and collaboration activities with suppliers
Key activitiesOrganizational approachEstablishment of dedicated team/roles/persons for new service development
Establishment of a distinct service function with profit-and-loss accounting and responsibility for strategic service development
Establishment of a distinct back- and front-office roles to improve or balance efficiency and effectiveness of service processes
Performance managementMetrics to measure service-related activities operational performances (e.g. response time, quality, etc.)
Metrics to measure product state and product-process performances
Process managementProcedures and practices for development of new services
Procedures and practices for total cost of ownership evaluation and assessment
Procedures and practices for internal service-related processes (e.g. helpdesk) standardization
Procedures for managing service delivery processes (e.g. technical assistance intervention)
Procedures and practices for managing the integration between product and service development processes
Procedures and practices for managing the involvement of different business functions in the product design and improvement
Procedures and practices for aligning incentive and rewards systems of sales and marketing personnel to strategic service objectives
Key activitiesCapabilitiesCapability of technical office to design modular products and components (product-design phase)
Capability of technical office to design reliable products anticipating potential causes of failure during the product-design phase
Capability of technical office to design products in which components are easy to access/replace during technical assistance (design for serviceability)
Capability of technical office to design products taking into account the need for disassembly/recovery/disposal/recycling at the end of the product lifecycle and the environmental impact (design for end-of-life)
Capability of technical office to design products taking into account the economical impact of the product during the whole product lifecycle
Capability of the deputed roles to design modular services (service-design phase)
Capability to formalize and standardize services/new service offerings
Capability to communicate and make tangible the service value to the customer (sales and marketing personnel)
Capability to communicate and make tangible the service value to the customer (technical assistance personnel)
Capability to organize, orchestrate and manage the after-sales activities
Capability to internally coordinate sales and field service organizations
ToolsTools for supporting the product design accordingly to new service design requirements
Tools for supporting the development of new services
Tools for total cost of ownership evaluation and assessment
Tools for supporting sales and marketing personnel (e.g. payback simulation tools)
Tools for planning and managing maintenance activities (e.g. scheduling routine maintenance)
Tools for supporting the development and delivery of maintenance activities
Key resourcesOrganizational approachService business attractiveness and mind-set
Service orientation and attitude of sales and marketing personnel
Top management commitment: drive change and establish a service culture
Open access to customers' installed base data (data availability)
CapabilitiesCapability to analyze data collected from the installed base for improving fleet management
Capability to collect product and process-related data (e.g. usage, performance, health state)
Capability to collect service-related data (e.g. reliability, failure)
Capability to interpret product and process-related data
Capability to interpret service-related data
Capability to elaborate business plans and documents to acquire new financial resources
Process managementProcedures and practices for data collection, interpretation and processing of product and process-related data
Procedures and practices for data collection, interpretation and analysis of service-related activities
Procedures to manage financial resources allocation
Key resourcesToolsMonitoring technologies on product/systems that support collection of service-related data (e.g. Maintenance activities)
Monitoring technologies on product/systems that support collection of product and process related data (e.g. Product usage, performance,…stems/applications that support the collection of service-related data (e.g. Maintenance activities information)
Ict systems/applications that support collection on product and process-related data (e.g. Product usage, performance, etc.)
ICT systems/applications that support interpretation, analysis and reporting on product and process-related data
ICT systems/applications that support interpretation, analysis and reporting on service-related data
Revenue modelCapabilitiesProduct-service solution pricing capabilities
Capability to define reliable outcome expectations with the customer and define the corresponding metrics/parameters to evaluate the agreed outcome
Cost structureCapabilitiesCapability to evaluate operating and financial risks and manage uncertainty
Capability to distribute risk to other network of partners
Capability to design and implement safeguarding mechanisms (e.g. For financial and operating risks)
Process managementProcedures and practices for financial risk evaluation
Procedures and practices for operating risk evaluation
Procedures and practices for customer's liability risk assessment
ToolsTools to support cost evaluation of the product-service solution
Tools for reporting and cost accounting of service-related activities
Performance managementMetrics to evaluate service-related activities costs
Metrics to evaluate service-related activities costs
Metrics to measure financial performances
Metrics to evaluate fleet financial costs

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