--- title: "Concepts and Definitions related to Connected Services" slug: "digital-servitization-concepts-and-definitions" type: "index" canonical: "learn.servitly.com/digital-servitization-concepts-and-definitions" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.servitly.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Concepts and Definitions 9 articles ## [What is Servitization?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-servitization.md) Updated on 2026-07-07 | Published on 2026-07-07 To define servitization we want to refer to the studies of the experts at the Advanced Services Group , including Prof. Tim Baines, and in particular to their latest definition published in the book "... ## [What is the Services Staircase?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-the-services-staircase.md) Published on 2026-04-29 The Services Staircase is a framework developed by the Advanced Services Group that maps the different value propositions a manufacturing company can offer its customers along a servitization journey... ## [What is Digital Servitization?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-digital-servitization.md) Published on 2026-07-07 Digital servitization is the combination of servitization with the adoption of digital technologies. Referring to the definition of servitization , we can therefore give a definition of digital... ## [What is the Digital Services map?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-the-digital-services-map.md) Updated on 2026-10-02 | Published on 2026-05-05 The Digital Services map is a practical tool to compose your Digital Service portfolio and navigate your Digital Servitization journey. It shows where you are and where you can go, and it helps you... ## [What is a DPS (Digital Product-Service) system?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-a-dps-digital-product-service-system.md) Updated on 2026-07-07 | Published on 2026-07-07 A DPS (Digital Product-Service) system is the central information system that enables and supports a Digital Servitization journey. The system acts as the backbone of the PSS ( Product-Service System... ## [What is an Asset-Centric Digital Service](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-asset-centric-digital-service.md) Updated on 2026-09-02 | Published on 2026-07-07 Learn what an asset-centric digital service and the difference between pure and managed digital services ## [What is a Connected Service?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-a-connected-service.md) Updated on 2026-07-07 | Published on 2026-07-07 A Connected Service is a type of Digital Service in which the data that powers the digital component comes from a connected product . The term puts the emphasis on where the data comes from: a... ## [What is a Smart Service?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-a-smart-service.md) Published on 2026-07-07 The origin of this term dates back to 2015, in Germany. At that time, the so-called Smart Service World working group worked on a report that advocated the development of smart services as a key... ## [What is a PSS (Product-Service System)?](https://learn.servitly.com/docs/what-is-a-pss-product-service-system.md) Published on 2026-07-07 A product-service system (PSS) is an integrated combination of products and services to be jointly capable of fulfilling specific customer needs. A PSS is what a manufacturing company offers its...