Sustainable Product and Service Development (3cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
-understands the principles of product and service development starting from the requirements, properties and care of the product.
- understands the product and service design process phases.
- understands the importance of the multidisciplinary knowledge.
- can identify the critical phases of product and service design projects
- understands the sustainable design process and strategy and the service design thinking

Content (course unit)

- The steps of product and service development.
- Sustainable product and systems design process and strategy
- R&D portfolio, from an idea to product in garment or textile industry
- Innovations in the future
- IPR, patents, copyrights
- Product and service pricing and calculations
- quality assurance

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

Knowing: The student understands the basics of product and service development processes and can describe the process in an general level.
Acting: The student manages the assigned tasks under supervision/assistance.
Being: The student takes his/her responsibity for studying and is capable of working in a group. The student can give and take feedback.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

Knowing: The student knows well the basics of this course. The student can independently explain the process and show understanding in more advanced level.

Acting: The student applies substance matter learnt in previous studies, makes a plan/plans before carrying out tasks, limits tasks/problems to have an appropriate scope, solves problems.

Being: The student can give and receive feedback actively and constructively, can cooperate responsibly and is ready to develop his/her interaction skills. Recognizes and follows the important courses of action in the field. Takes responsibility and commits to the group activities in addition to his/her own work.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

Knowing: The student has an comprehensive understanding of the course topic and he/she has extensive knowledge to adapt the process.

Acting: The student can search for diverse solution alternatives, justify his/her choices, assesses new solution alternatives, combines solution alternatives creatively or creates new ones.

Being: The student can cooperate responsibly, flexibly and constructively, develops his/her own and the group's interaction, works responsibly and in a committed manner considering the community and field requirements and needs.

Location and time

1st period, Kauppi campus

Exam schedules

Given in Moodle platform.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Lectures, workshops, group discussions, etc.

Learning materials

Fiksel, J. (2009) Design for Environment: A Guide to Sustainable Product Development. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Heinonen, E. et al. (2022) Guide for Developing Product as a Service Business. Reports from Turku University of Applied Sciences 291.
Iannuzzi, A. (2017) Greener products : the making and marketing of sustainable brands. Second edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Vezzoli, C., Conti, G., Macrì, L. & Motta, M. (2022) Designing Sustainable Clothing Systems - The design for environmentally sustainable textile clothes and its Product-Service Systems. FrancoAngeli s.r.l., Milano, Italy.

Student workload

3 credits = 80 hours
Contact teaching: 30 hours
Independent study: 50 hours