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Digital Servitization in Agriculture

  • Wim Coreynen*
  • , Sicco Pier van Gosliga
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Jheronimus Academy of Data Science

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Abstract

Servitization describes the process of adding services to complement companies’ core products in order to create additional value for customers. Well-known examples of servitization are Atlas Copco’s compressed-air-as-a-service and Rolls-Royce’s power-by-the-hour service. For long, the manufacturing sector has been the subject of much debate about how digital technologies can enable companies to provide advanced services to customers; this transition is known as “digital servitization.” In this chapter, we explore how digital servitization benefits not only manufacturers but also farmers and their suppliers. We describe three cases in detail—a chicken poultry farm and two equipment suppliers, one for the horticultural sector and another for the dairy farm sector—and discuss their different transitions from a digital servitization theory lens. Specifically, we describe how the collection and analysis of data provide agricultural companies several pathways for servitization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationClassroom Companion
Subtitle of host publicationBusiness
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages331-351
Number of pages21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameClassroom Companion: Business
VolumePart F10711
ISSN (Print)2662-2866
ISSN (Electronic)2662-2874

Keywords

  • Agriculture
  • Data analysis
  • Data collection
  • Farms
  • Servitization
  • SMEs
  • Start-ups
  • Suppliers

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