FSN Archives: Understanding Servitization with Rolls Royce
A classic post from the Field Service News archives sees Kris Oldland and Nick Frank team up in what became one of the industries widely watched interviews
Written by Kris Oldland• April 19, 2024• 12:04 pm• Feature, Service Strategy
A classic post from the Field Service News archives sees Kris Oldland and Nick Frank team up in what became one of the industries widely watched interviews
Ten years ago FSN Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Kris Oldland teamed up with Si2’s Nick Frank and spent a few hours to listen and learn from Dave Gordon about how Rolls Royce Aerospace have revolutionised the way service in the industry operates via their ‘power by the hour’ approach and how Dave and his team have taken this approach from Rolls Royce’s civil business and applied it to their defence business.
It was a hugely important interview that has been shared widely amongst industry professionals and academics alike across the last decade and still remains an excellent introduction to the key drivers in servitization.Â
October 16, 2025
Collecting customer data is not the challenge nowadays. The challenge is converting all that data into intelligence that drives action in real time, where decisions must be made and relationships are either won or lost.
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October 8, 2025
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