prompted the development of self-service technologies. Self-service technologies (SSTs) are the technological interfaces that allow customers to co-produce the services to serve by their own. It has brought significant changes to service retailers as it has changed the way that how firms provide services to customers and how customers interact with firm. It enables customers perform entire services by themselves without direct assistance from employees and makes service transactions become more accurate
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Introduction The service industry interacts with our lives on a daily basis. Services can be defined as deeds‚ processes and performances. When considering the differences between products and services‚ intangibility and the fact that a service cannot be touched‚ tasted‚ viewed or tried on are terms often used (McColl-Kennedy & Kiel 2000). Services differ from goods in essentially four ways: (1) intangibility; (2) inseparability; (3) heterogeneity; (4) perishability (Kotler‚ Brown‚ Adam‚ Burton
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Service Capacity * Service Capacity is defined as the maximum level of value-added activity‚ which can be consistently achieved over a period of time under normal operating conditions. * The important consideration is that the service provider should be able to sustain provision of service at such a rate comfortably under normal working conditions. * It can be expressed as : 1. Max. number of patient attended by a Doctor / hr. 2. Max. number of calls attended by a Executive
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Introduction A service quality gap analysis is a management technique and a setting performance standard which is based on the actual level of business performance and delivered. By analyzing five gaps‚ firms can find some way to increase company’s profit and performance. Service quality gaps always occur in the real business environment and it is an inevitable problem. However‚ enterprises often based on their customers‚ markets and their product quality to analysis their SERVQUAL and help them
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catering has to be the most challenging. Whatever the size of the catering operation‚ the variety of opportunities available is endless. “The sky is the limit with catering”. The hospitality industry consists of broad category of fields within the service industry that includes lodging‚ restaurants‚ event planning‚ theme parks‚ transportation‚ cruise line‚ and additional fields within the tourism industry. The hospitality industry is a several billion dollar industry that mostly depends on the availability
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Service Level Agreement for HR Services Overview Service level agreement for the provision of HR Services in relation to employee relations advice and recruitment assistance to managers‚ supervisors and staff. This is an internal agreement for HR services between the Human Resources Department and the Customer Services Branch. Service Specifications The designated HR team at Coastal Education Network will provide advice‚ assistance and support on the implementation of the organisation’s HR
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BEVERAGE SERVICE The Hotel Industry – Introduction Definition and Origin of the Hotel Industry otel is defined as “A place where a bonifide traveller can receive food and shelter‚ provided he is in a position to pay for it and is in a physically and mentally fit conditioned to be receive‚ “Hence‚ a Hotel must provide food and beverage‚ lodging to travellers on payment and has‚ in turn‚ the right to refuse if the traveller is drunk‚ disorderly‚ unkept‚ or not in a position to pay for the services offered
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International Journal of Service Industry Management Emerald Article: A comparison of service delivery processes of different complexity Peter J. Danaher‚ Jan Mattsson Article information: To cite this document: Peter J. Danaher‚ Jan Mattsson‚ (1998)‚"A comparison of service delivery processes of different complexity"‚ International Journal of Service Industry Management‚ Vol. 9 Iss: 1 pp. 48 - 63 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09564239810199941 Downloaded on: 02-02-2013
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EXEMPTIONS/AMENDMENTS IN/WITHDRAWAL OF EXISTING EXEMPTIONS Rate of service tax restored to 12% As per section 66‚ the charging section under earlier regime‚ rate of service tax was 12% of the value of taxable services. However‚ the rate of service tax was reduced to 10% vide Notification No. 8/2009 ST dated 24.02.2009. With effect from 01.04.2012‚ Notification No. 02/2012-ST dated 17.03.2012 rescinded the said notification and the rate of service tax was restored to 12% for the period between 01.04.2012 to
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Chapter 2 The Nature of Services Distinctive Characteristics of Service Operations In services‚ a distinction must be made between inputs and resources. For services‚ inputs Are the customers themselves‚ and resources are the facilitating goods‚ employee labor‚ and capital at the command of the service manager. Thus‚ to function‚ the service system must interact with the customers as participants in the service process. Because customers typically arrive at their own discretion and with
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