A preliminary study of business model for evolvable production systems

The aim of this paper is to define, through a survey of the current achievements within the Evolvable Paradigm universe, the potential target companies for the Evolvable Manufacturing Systems and to describe some features of a business model that fits the EPS structure and requirements. Therefore, the new, main, concerns surfacing by the introduction of the Evolvable Paradigm into the industrial field have been underlined and analysed in order to put into evidence the economical advantages achievable with their adoption. A simplified version of the EPS methodology is hereby presented as a framework in which concept like life cycle of a product, investment evaluation tools and ¿coopetition¿ have been integrated enabling crossed considerations.