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3 days ago
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We are recruiting: Business Development Manager

We are recruiting: Business Development Manager Opportunity to join an independent spinout company & shape its future commercial strategy

Tim Baines

Aug 5
2 min

Leading industry figures to share business growth secrets at virtual Servitization event

Leading industry figures from Rolls-Royce, Goodyear, Alstom & Tetra Pak to share their expertise of driving business growth through services

Antony Bourne

Jun 15
3 min

Preparing to deliver service with a mind towards customer and employee safety

The first global pandemic most of us can remember will change our thinking on how we deliver service in the field.

Tim Baines

May 6
1 min

Servitization: Industry Perspectives

Servitization: Industry Perspectives Our new series of webcasts with industry experts is available on demand now.

Tim Baines

Apr 8
3 min

I was wrong (or why professors are not clairvoyants)

Priorities will shift towards the recovery of the economy, the rebuilding of industry and embedding greater resilience for the future.

Iain McKechnie

Feb 19
1 min

Business Awards for Manufacturers

The Servitization Business Awards celebrate the best Servitization efforts of UK companies. Entries are now open.

Tim Baines

Dec 9, 2019
3 min

Productivity, sustainability or digital? What are the priorities within your business for the 2020s?

Productivity, Sustainability, or Digital?: What will be the priorities within your business for the 2020s?

Tim Baines

Oct 17, 2019
4 min

Servitization: making it real for business

Professor Tim Baines reflects on the Advanced Services Partnership and why it is successful in accelerating servitization in manufacturing.

Kristina Anders

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

Customer Value Propositions for Servitization

This mini-guide is for executives within manufacturing setting out to understand and create customer value proposition for servitization.

Kristina Anders

Sep 9, 2019
1 min

Servitization Visioning

Our latest mini-guide covers the concepts of vision and mission for servitization and provides a services vision template for executives.

Eleanor Musson

Jul 15, 2019
1 min

Servitization in Action: KONE

The objective of KONE service development is to drive differentiation by putting the needs of customers at the centre of all development.

Chris Owen

Jul 5, 2019
3 min

Asset Financing and Servitization - reflections on IAFN 2019

Dr Chris Owen, Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston University has recently led a study on behalf of White Clarke Group on asset financing and...

Tim Baines

Jun 17, 2019
2 min

We are recruiting

Do you fancy a new challenge? Would you be interested in joining us at the Advanced Services Group at Aston and help us bring servitizati...

Eleanor Musson

Jun 3, 2019
1 min

Servitization in Action: Axis Communications

Axis Communications is the market leader in IP video surveillance. In 1996, Axis invented the world’s first video surveillance camera spe...

Tim Baines

May 17, 2019
3 min

And so the Spring Servitization Conference of 2019 comes to an end

And so the Spring Servitization Conference (SSC) of 2019 comes to an end. The conference has come a long way since it’s humble beginning ...

Kristina Anders

Mar 29, 2019
1 min

Mike Hulme: Inaugural Lecture

March 21st saw the inaugural lecture by Mike Hulme, Honorary Professor and Managing Director of Trains and Modernisation at Alstom. Bring...

Kristina Anders

Mar 8, 2019
1 min

Spring Servitization Conference 2019: Delivering Services Growth in the Digital Era

The Spring Servitization Conference 2019 - #SSC2019 if you want to find it on social media - is only a couple of months away. Now in its ...

Eleanor Musson

Feb 12, 2019
1 min

Servitization in Action: Caterpillar

Caterpillar's machines are often integral to their user's operations; downtime can mean inconvenience and financial losses. Services pro...

Kristina Anders

Jan 31, 2019
2 min

Spring Servitization Conference 2019: meet the Keynote Speakers

Winter is making its presence felt in the current cold snap, but here at the Advanced Services Group we have our eyes firmly trained on t...

Kristina Anders

Jan 23, 2019
1 min

Performance Advisory Services: creating value through digital technologies and servitization

Back in July, we invited a group of senior executives from manufacturing companies for an in-depth discussion of digital technologies and...

Eleanor Musson

Dec 14, 2018
3 min

Manufacturing Trends for 2019

Microsoft recently released a report forecasting trends in manufacturing for the coming year. Their predictions around the continued grow...

Eleanor Musson

Dec 6, 2018
1 min

Servitization in Action: Goodyear

Goodyear is well-known as one of the world's largest vendors of tyres for both commercial and consumer vehicles. In 2016 Goodyear launche...

Kristina Anders

Nov 5, 2018
2 min

Alstom’s servitization driving force Mike Hulme awarded Honorary Professorship

We are delighted to announce that Mike Hulme, Managing Director of Trains and Modernisation for Alstom, will join the Advanced Services G...

Eleanor Musson

Sep 17, 2018
1 min

Servitization in Action: Alstom Transport

Alstom is a French multinational company operating worldwide in rail transport. It develops and markets a complete range of systems, equi...

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