Abstract:
This paper is dedicated to the problems of servitization and the possibilities of its application in metallurgy. It aims to identify the selected Czech steel manufacturers’, steel processors’ and casting manufacturers’ awareness of the servitization concept and to analyse the possibilities of its application at these companies. On the basis of the conducted professional literature review focussing on the essence of servitization and on the conditions for its application, the websites of the selected companies associated in the Foundry Association of the Czech Republic and the Czech Steel Association were analysed from the point of view of the provided services connected with their products. The conclusion summarizes and evaluates the outcomes of this analysis.
