BUSINESS LABS SERVICE CONCEPTS
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TCBL Initial Service Concepts Portfolio TCBL Labs explore on a daily basis new ways to design, manufacture, and work together. Services are the vehicles through which Labs make outcomes shared and exploitable by the surrounding business ecosystem.
TCBL values and principles, put into action Selected services Workplace of the Future
Criteria for service selection Market-readiness
Open Source Fashion
Monetization opportunities
Waste Neutralization
Scalability potential
Fabricademy
Replicability in the TCBL network
Sewing Festival
Labs activities
Practicebased research
Design & production
Business support
Education & training
Community management
Labs activity type Practice-based research
Labs operational context Other TCBL Labs Industry
Relevance of the service concept for stakeholders
Selected service concept
Workplace of the Future
Open Source Fashion
Waste Neutralization
Fabricademy
Sewing Festival
Design & production Business support
High
Education & training Community management
Medium
Low
Community Legend:
Michele Osella, Elisa Pautasso, Alberto Buzio - September 2017
Other TCBL Labs
Industry
Community
TCBL 646133 – released as Annex 5 to D6.7 (TASK 6.4)
BUSINESS LABS SERVICE CONCEPTS
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Visual Summary
TCBL Service Design Tool It is a visual tool that allows any Lab leader to apply design thinking fundamentals in the process of new service development.
TCBL service design dimensions
To whom the value proposition is addressed (e.g., industry, other TCBL Labs, community) and its profile
Key assets and competences that are mandatory for building and delivering the service, in absence of which feasibility is compromised
Needs and benefits tackled
Alignment with Labs requirements and identification of Labs to team up with
Tomorrow’s revenue generation logic for increasing the scale in a way that is instrumental to impact expansion
Short-term revenue generation logic to kick-start operations
SOURCE: ISMB, adapted from IDEO
Michele Osella, Elisa Pautasso, Alberto Buzio - September 2017
Eminent sources of inspiration, especially the ones that are part of the TCBL universe
SOURCE: ISMB
TCBL 646133 – released as Annex 5 to D6.7 (TASK 6.4)
TCBL Labs Team + ISMB Advisors
Workplace of the Future
T&C businesses undertaking transitions
Companies scaling down
TCoE Make Lab
Sept 17
Advisory practice supporting T&C organizations in experimenting with future-proof factories
Thwart the competitive decline
Cope with skills shortage and ageing workforce
Establish learning-friendly workplaces
Increase the flexibility of production processes
Enhance the feasibility of short run production
Materialize TCBL values and principles
Manage organizational ‘unlearning’
Turn knowledgeintensity into competitive advantage
Independents scaling up
Experts who know how to sew + digital transformation advisors
Advanced digital technologies
Space and time to experiment + equipment
Incubation programs for accessing physical spaces and coaching
Consultancy fees to support the establishment of factories of the future
Provision of production management software in SaaS mode
Real world context (e.g., real orders and/or industry requirements)
Place Labs (human resources, space and time to experiment)
Making Labs (machines, software tools)
Former studies by Tavistock
Adaptability to different company sizes
Adaptability to different production scheduling options
TCBL Labs as decentralized testbed for the workplace of the future
Fashion Enter Ltd
Keep up with the brisk pace of tech change (e.g., Industry 4.0)
Place the human factor at the core of workplace evolution
Katty Fashion
Existing robotized island production models
TCBL Labs Team + ISMB Advisors
Open Source Fashion
Fashion designers
Fashion designers accepting Creative Commons conditions
Garments selling
End consumers
Community management team + technical team
Service fees for lab usage (for designers, on an hourly basis)
Sept 17
Collection of garments from emerging designers which can be produced on-demand in all Fab Labs
Raw material companies (especially innovative ones)
Manufacturing nodes (Fab Labs and TCBL Labs)
Physical spaces and equipment for production purposes
Digital technologies underlying masscustomization
Consultancy and training packages (for designers)
Fab Textiles
Design Labs
Make custom-fit clothes available on a large scale
Overcome S, M, L and XL as universal standards
Spread DIY and maker mindsets in the fashion realm (selfproduction)
Unlock the potential of a new breed of digital technologies
Foster equitable and accessible sharing (Creative Commons)
Minimize the mobility of goods and the associated pollution
Stimulate conscious consumption
Materialize TCBL values and principles
Making Labs
Fab Textiles
Brick-andmortar local shops as additional customer touchpoints
Establishment of an umbrella brand for independent designers
Testimonials by celebrities
Collaboration with a known label in the sustainable fashion area
Turn one digital file into thousands of different products
Open up market avenues for a new guard of designers
Create opportunities for raw material companies in the local area
Fab Lab Barcelona
market. fablabs.io
maquinar.io
Global networking through TCBL
Recourse to small producers to expand capacity
Replicability through the global Fab Lab network
TCBL Labs Team + ISMB Advisors
Waste Neutralization
Local T&C manufacturers
Recyclers
Recyclers and end consumers on the demand supply
Local T&C manufacturers on the supply side
Retail sales of recycled and reused products
Service fees charged to businesses involved
Sept 17
Matchmaking connecting T&C manufacturers with entities active in waste recycling and material reuse
End consumers willing to buy recycled and reused products
Charities and NGOs
Partnerships with other sectors that recycle (insulation, papermaking)
Availability of capital (in case some waste recycling plants are owned)
Revenues from upcycling activities
REDU
Alleviate disposal costs for local T&C manufacturers
Increase workflow efficiency for local T&C manufacturers
Spread virtuous practices in the local T&C ecosystem
Materialize TCBL values and principles
Help charities and NGOs to obtain raw materials for free
Reduce landfill waste
REDU Lab (Romania)
Place Labs
Bundling of services and corporate training (B2B)
Establishment of a fascinating fashion brand hinged on recycling (B2C)
Replicability of the whole model through other TCBL Place Labs
Implement circular economy through reuse and recycling
Mitigate environmental footprint
Promote local economies through new opportunities on the demand side
TCBL Labs Team + ISMB Advisors
Fabricademy
Students in search for a new type of textile education
Textile professionals willing to reinvent themselves
Digital fabrication skills + sewing skills
High-caliber trainers and mentors + peers + partner nodes
Course fees from students (~5K€ for a 6month experience)
Private course fees from professionals (10K€-20K€ for a 9-month experience)
Fab Textiles + TextileLab Amsterdam
Sept 17
A new, transdisciplinary textile academy based on distributed, shared and open education
Worldwide experts and teachers
Infrastructure (e.g., Fab Labs, bio labs, sewing machines)
Node transfers (students pay local nodes and they in turn pay Fabricademy)
Recognize that textile education is not up to date
Partner nodes (including Fab Labs and TCBL Labs)
Experience in decentralized educational programs
Keep heritage craftsmanship techniques alive and renovate them
Design Labs
Acknowledge that tech is never taught (adequately) in fashion school
Illustrate how tech is an innovation tool for both design and production
Train leaders of tomorrow's sustainable fashion
Bring together like-minded people (often scattered)
Stimulate worldwide knowledge sharing
Place transdisciplinary at the core (digital fabrication + textile + biotech)
Experiment with innovative approaches for hands-on education
Materialize TCBL values and principles
Making Labs
TCBL Labs as nodes for EUwide expansion
Students becoming teachers
‘Train the trainer’ initiatives
Fab Textiles (research, digital fabrication techniques)
TextileLab Amsterdam (research, material library, bootcamps)
Digital-only Fabricademy program (accessible in absence of a local node)
Machines, software, and materials offered to businesses
Answer pressing societal issues (e.g., environmental sustainability)
Address needs coming from the industry
Fab Lab practices (Fab13 challenge, workshops, wikis)
FashionWeek Amsterdam
TCBL Labs Team + ISMB Advisors
Sewing Festival
Everyone
Adult men (as key target)
Fabbrica ARCA
Sept 17
Public event that gathers people from every walk of life for a day of sewing, knitting, and embroidery
Promote the art of sewing on a large scale
Students and children (for adhoc events, e.g., on stuffed animals)
Tutors + marketing team + volunteers
Sponsors
Physical space
Sponsorship fees from local businesses interested in visibility
Sponsorship fees from TCBL Associate enterprises
Sponsorship fees from companies interested in recruiting
Establish a local community
Fabrics and threads + DIY kits and sewing tools + sewing patterns
Sponsorship fees for competitions
Learn how to sew through exchange of skills
Stay together and chat in a nice atmosphere
Harness the make-do-andmend trend
Engage millennials
Engage groups traditionally underrepresented (e.g., men)
Materialize TCBL values and principles
Knit Café (Palermo)
Place Labs
CSR investments
Replicability of the initiative through other TCBL Place Labs
Trademark and international licensing of the format
Public funding to accelerate replication
Cultivate repairing and reusing practices (circular economy)
Plenty of knitting and sewing café (all around Europe)
Raise awareness about what is hidden behind a clothing item
Stimulate conscious consumption (e.g., manufacturing costs)
Quilting groups (UK)
‘The Great British Sewing Bee’ reality show (BBC TV – UK)