BIG DATA IN SERVICE DESIGN: CREATING SERVICE INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY 4.0 ENVIRONMENT

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PSSD |SERVICE DESIGN AND INNOVATION

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BIG DATA IN SERVICE DESIGN: CREATING SERVICE INNOVATION FOR INDUSTRY 4.0 ENVIRONMENT Author: Sruthy Padannappurath, Msc. Product Service System Design, Politecnico di Milano Guided by: Dr. Daniela Sangiorgi, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano. Tutors: Marta Carrera, Filipe Lima

Keywords: Service Design, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Service Innovation, Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet

Introduction “For modern industry, data generated by machines and devices, cloud-based solutions, business management, etc., has reached a total volume of more than 1000 Exabytes annually and is expected to increase 20-fold in the next ten years� (Yin and Kaynak, 2015, p. 143). And what are all these data used for? This essay is to understand the usefulness of big data in the field of service design; for creating service innovations in the manufacturing and supply chain sector for industries, especially in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution which is called Industry 4.0 or Industrial Internet. Big Data Analytics is in urgent need for helping manufacturers execute their right strategies with greater precision and efficiency in the present world. It could transform business processes, alter corporate ecosystem and facilitate innovation (Zhou, et al., 2017). The enquiry is based on desk researches done aiming to understand and define the terms used, and to analyse two existing case study examples that have used Big Data Analytics for creating service innovation in industries. The potentialities and challenges in using big data for Industry would vary from sector to sector, but the cases chosen here are to exemplify the benefits of using disruptive technologies like Big Data for designing innovative services for industries in the Industry 4.0 environment. Background The world is on a threshold of change to a new era for industries, by merging advanced computing, low cost sensing, Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics and other disruptive technologies with the existing industrial system. To put it simply, we are witnessing a union of the digital world with the world of industrial machines, paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution. This phenomenon is called in different names, like Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of things or just Industrial Internet. According to Hermann, Industry 4.0 is a recent concept that was used for the first time in 2011 in the Hannover Fair, Germany and this concept involves the main technological innovations applied to production processes in the field of automation, control and information technologies. It is a collective term for technologies and concepts of value chain organization (Hermann, et al., 2016). The basic foundation of Industry 4.0 is that through the connection of machines and systems, organizations can create smart grids which enable decentralized decisions and automate 1 SRUTHY PADANNAPPURATH |891976


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