12/17/2010 MSc OR/BAC | Courier Services | Managing Business Operations | SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - group 5 | Contents Service Definition 2 Intangibility 2 Heterogeneity 2 Inseparability 2 Perishability 2 Service Classification 3 The Volume Measure (Silvestro) 3 Other Service Classification Models 4 Service Design 5 What is the philosophy behind the service design? 5 What to deliver to courier service customers? 6 How to deliver? 7 The blueprint diagram 7 Customer actions
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INTERDEPENDENCY BETWEEN ATM LOCATIONS AND CUSTOMER PREFERENCES IS 705 – Collaborative Research Project Final Report Group D 1. INTRODUCTION Nowadays‚ with the increasing number of banks cropping up everywhere‚ each bank has to come up with strategies that fulfil their customer’s satisfaction to compete with their rival banks. This leads the banks to come up with many innovative services and solutions to the existing problems. Some of them include lowering the interest rates‚ giving special discounts
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James Ruse Agricultural High School Module 9.3 Blueprint of Life Biology Notes 2013 Helen Ying 19/03/2013 By Helen Ying © 2013 Biology Notes – HSC Course 2013 MODULE 9.3 – BLUEPRINT OF LIFE 1. Outline the impact on the evolution of plants and animals of: a. Changes in physical conditions in the environment o Rising and falling sea levels – land and ice bridges across continents have affected distribution and therefore evolution when these bridges disappeared and populations were isolated
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complex conditions of modern business and increase in almost all aspects of services operation have compelled the management of every service industry to place emphasis on the efficient and effective method of presenting its service. The need for marketing in service industry cannot be overemphasized‚ the degree of marketing activities in a company depends on the size of the market. Traditionally‚ executives in service industries have not been market driven. They have lagged behind sellers of products
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Lecture Topic 1 : The Service Sector Reading : Chapter 1‚ Services Marketing : People‚ Technology‚ Strategy by Kotler & Wirtz‚ 7th Edition. The Service Sector- some facts : • In the West‚ business conditions generally remain difficult for service sector firms with falling prices hitting profitability. - The service sector typically accounts for between 66% and 75% of GDP in most of the more highly developed economies. (Central Intelligence Agency‚ 2011)
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The Chinese Economic Reform: a Blueprint for Nigeria’s Economic Plans By: Salim Salihu Muhammed Over the years‚ government had embarked on several economic reforms aimed at bettering the lives of its citizenry; promising fulfilment of human needs for peace and security ‚ clean air and water‚ food‚ shelter‚ education‚ arts‚ culture‚ and useful and satisfying employment; maintenance of ecological integrity through careful stewardship‚ rehabilitation‚ reduction in wastes and protection of diverse
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Question 1 : Develop a service blueprint of the “as is” process After the ticket update‚ there is a survey request (not on the blueprint! ! ) Question 2: Evaluate the performance of the service process in terms of value-creation for the company and for the customer. There are a number of activities that create value in this blueprint: The first contact with the customer is of great importance‚ thus ‘take call’ is one of them. Others are: The status reports that are passed on to the customer
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The vision of ASEAN Policy Blueprint for SME Development (APBSD) is for ASEAN SMEs to be “competitive‚ innovative‚ and [become] world-class enterprises that perform major roles in regional and global supply chains and are able to take advantage of the opportunities from ASEAN economic integration by 2015.” In connection to this‚ the Strategic Action Plan for SME Development aspires to “further enhance the competitiveness and flexibility of SMEs in moving toward a single market and production base
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Model of Service Quality 2 2-2 Variations of the Gaps Model Five Service Quality Gaps Variations of the Gaps Model Six Service Quality Gaps Variations of the Gaps Model 13 Service Quality Gaps (Gaps Model gone wild) Chapter Conceptual Framework of the Book: The Gaps Model of Service Quality The Customer Gap (Sometimes referred to as Gap 5) 2 The Provider Gaps: Gap 1 – The Listening Gap not knowing what customers expect Gap 2 – The Service Design and
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Characteristic of services Intangibility Unlike products services cannot be counted‚ measured‚ or felt. It is difficult to explain to the customer what a specific feature in the service will give to the customer. As services are intangible‚ the perceptions of customers regarding the service may differ at any given amount in time. Each customer will have a different perception and experience about the same service. But in a hotel the quality of service is not only dependent on the courteousness
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