Product-Service System Design - A Case Study for Parking Furniture Industry

Product-Service System (PSS) is an innovative concept which com-bines products and services into comprehensive solutions that meet customer requirements. It gives the opportunity to increase the competitiveness and the development of the producers’ offer and it is conducive to environmental protection. PSS theory and practice do not provide solutions that can be used in parking furniture. The aim of the paper is to develop the PSS for new type of parking furniture - garage boxes. The presented example is a part of the research on the new offer of manufacturing company. The developed PSS is supported by the real needs of people living in the blocks of flats and having their own parking spaces. It eliminates the problem of the lack of storage rooms and gives the possibility of free storage of necessary things. The research and the development of PSS was carried out in the form of industrial workshops carried out at the manufacturer’s, attended by current and potential users of the garage boxes.