Institute for Product and Service Engineering (IPSE)

Modern product and service development no longer focuses solely on isolated product development, but broadens the development process to include the entire product and service life cycle.

Similarly, there is no longer a strict separation between products and services in the development process − instead, the focus is on product-service systems from a market and user perspective.

In the course of this change, the IPSE serves, on the one hand, as an interface to support companies in their transition to modern product and service engineering. On the other hand, its members have extensive expertise in various research areas that are directly linked to the development process. This enables the IPSE to utilise the different perspectives and expertise of its membersfor integrated product and service development.

Our mission

We research methods and processes for the efficient development of innovative technical products and product–service systems.

The institute is currently conducting in-depth research in the following areas:

Service innovation

• Service design and prototyping
• Smart services
• Product–service systems (PSS)
• Servitisation and business model transformation

Product development

• Methods and tools
• Modelling and simulation
• Experimental validation
• Product technologies

Powertrain Lab

The Internal link opens in the same window:Powertrain Lab offers a wide range of learning and research opportunities; companies can also use the lab for research collaboration and joint projects.

The Internal link opens in the same window:Industrial Solutions Lab offers students at Furtwangen University the opportunity to gain an understanding of industrial service processes through hands-on experimentation and problem-solving.