Establishing product-service systems (PSSs) has for a few decades been considered a key task for manufacturers to achieve sustainable competitiveness. However, it is also a challenging task, requiring adaptation of several functions in the manufacturers' organisations. Production is one of these functions, and the overarching purpose of this study is to investigate what guidance is available to production managers, who aim to adapt their production units to support PSSs. To compile how PSSs will likely change what is commonly expected from producing functions, a review was conducted of 69 recent, structured literature reviews in the PSS literature. The results indicate a variety of likely changes to the common expectations, but they have not been described comprehensively enough to guide production managers who aim to adapt for PSSs. A more thorough review is needed to validate these conclusions, but if that review would reach similar conclusions, and spark investigations into how PSS will change the expectations on producing functions, this could close an important research-practice gap in the PSS literature.
QC 20250114