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AIRSI2023 - The Metaverse Conference

22 May 2023

Date: Tuesday 16th May 2023 Jan H. Blumel presented parts of his PhD research at #AIRSI2023 , uncovering the impact of conversation styles on customer service experiences and providing a personal touch. In a world where digitisation and reduced human contact are reshaping customer service, personalising interactions has...

ISSIP (International Society of Service Innovation) Ambassador Panel: Improving the Sustainability of Service Systems: Current Issues and Challenges

15 May 2023

Mohamed Zaki presented "Can Digital Technologies help address some of the sustainability of service systems Challanges?" at the ISSIP Ambassador event help on 3rd May 2023. Summary “Sustainability has become a pressing concern for organizations worldwide, and integrating digital, physical, and social systems can play a...

Mitsubishi Heavy Ltd Industries Visit - November 2022

15 November 2022

Prof Mohamed Zaki was invited by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to run the Digital Service and Customer Experience workshop with the Research & Innovation Center team. Thanks for the invitation, hospitality and the great discussions about the future of the next generations of services in asset heavy Industry.

Bouygues Construction joins the Cambridge Service Alliance

27 May 2021

We are delighted to announce that Bouygues Construction has joined the Cambridge Service Alliance, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge as a new industry member alongside our existing partners HCL Technologies , Caterpillar Inc. , Perkins Engines Company Limited and CEMEX . Press release

'Using AI to Track How Customers Feel — In Real Time' published in the Harvard Business Review

13 May 2021

The paper 'Using AI to Track How Customers Feel — In Real Time' by Mohamed Zaki, Janet R. McColl-Kennedy and Andy Neely has been published in Harvard Business Review.

Industry Day 2020 | What we learnt

6 December 2020

What is the future of services in the new pandemic-driven era? This was the topic explored at our 2020 Industry Day by senior executives from L'Oréal, Microsoft Research, Manchester United and start-up, Fairjungle.

Understanding business models in the construction sector

25 November 2020

What’s standing in the way of offsite manufacturing? For decades, the construction sector has been hailing it as the next big thing but we have yet to see it really taking off. Why is that, when the technologies and processes already exist? Dr Zakaria Dakhli believes it is due to a fundamental incompatibility between business models and it is only when this has been fully understood that the long-awaited transformation can take place.

A machine learning approach to quality control

14 November 2020

Most of the products we take for granted contain huge numbers of components assembled in multiple stages by different manufacturers. Quality control is vital throughout the assembly process with rigorous testing required at every step.

Digital twins: driving business model innovation

6 November 2020

For B2B firms struggling to reap the rewards of digitalisation, could digital twins be the way forward? In this article, CSA's Dr Erika Pärn and colleagues from the Fraunhofer Institute and Technische Universität in Dortmund, explore the relationship between this emerging technology and business model innovation.

Making business model innovation happen: the Business Model Cohesiveness Scorecard

30 October 2020

Digital transformation is failing to live up to its hype, at least as far as productivity gains are concerned. If, as research suggests, a lack of business model innovation is the main culprit, we need a way of making it happen. Dr Chander Velu thinks a balanced scorecard approach could be the answer.