CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY IN LOGISTICS SERVICES @ DHL EXPRESS (I) PVT LTD A PROJECT REPORT Submitted in Partial fulfillment of the degree of requirement for the award of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMISTRATION (Marketing & HR) Submitted by GAURAB DUTTA Registration No: P07BA126 Under the guidance of Dr. S. Lalitha Prof. in Management Studies BHARATH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES Chennai 600073 India May 2009 School of Management Studies 173‚ Agaram
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1. Relevant literature The literature pertaining to relationships among customer satisfaction‚ customer loyalty‚ and profitability can be divided into two groups. The first‚ service management literature‚ proposes that customer satisfaction influences customer loyalty‚ which in turn affects profitability. Proponents of this theory include researchers such as Anderson and Fornell (1994); Gummesson (1993); Heskett et al.(1990); Heskett et al. (1994); Reicheld and Sasser (1990); Rust‚ et al. (1995);
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1.1. Background of the study Service is an intangible commodity. Service sector plays an important role for society’s welfare. Service sector includes educational service‚ medical service‚ transportation service‚ recreation service‚ public service‚ security service and so on… (Encarta Premium 2009) The key component of business is providing quality service for its customers. Quality service requires one way of follow up of the dynamic in the internal and external business environment through information
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Dear Sir‚ I am writing to complain about the service of your newly opened fast food restaurant. I appreciate your efforts to provide us with reasonable prices. There are‚ however‚ some deficiencies which I feel could be improved to increase the standards of your business. Firstly‚ though the staff are willing to help with any requests‚ there are not enough employees at peak time to do this adequately. In addition‚ some of your workers are rather inattentive and slow‚ not only in bringing the food
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Customer Satisfaction Strategies What is customer satisfaction? We are in the midst of a revolution in business. Some call it a customer revolution‚ others a quality revolution‚ others a service revolution. Organizations are attempting to obtain increased customer satisfaction by focusing on the quality of their products and the service provided. This movement toward quality has produced significant benefits but just like other business fads‚ joining and adopting the religion does not insure
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE STUDY Under the modern marketing concept all marketing activities have to centre the consumer. Effective marketing therefore requires a clear picture of the consumer characteristics. Hence‚ it is the duty of business concern to study such factors to understand the consumer’s preference. Indian automobile industry is an ever growing industry. The industry has changed from being a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. Brand and media proliferation‚ information
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Implementing a Customer Relationship Strategy" The Asymmetric Impa ’et of Poor Versus Excellent Execution Mark R. Colgate Peter J. Danaher University of Auckland‚ New Zealand The benefits of developing customer relationships are well established. However‚ a well-intentioned relationship marketing strategy may fail because of poor implementation. In this study‚ the authors look at the effects of implementing a customer relationship strategy. Specifically‚ they examine the implementation
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are employed so as to increase the loyalty of customers and other stakeholders in the expectation that corporate objectives will be met or surpassed. A typical example of this type of model is: quality of product or service leads to customer satisfaction‚ which leads to customer loyalty‚ which leads to profitability. Contents [hide] 1 The service quality model 2 Expanded models 3 Data collection 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References The service quality model[edit] A model by Kaj Storbacka
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2.1. Customer satisfaction definitions. Customer satisfaction has also been defined by another author as the extent to which a product’s perceived performance matches a buyer’s expectations (Kotler et al.‚ 2002‚ p. 8). According to Schiffman & Karun (2004) Customer satisfaction is defined as “the individual’s perception of the performance of the products or services in relation to his or her expectations” customer satisfaction could be the pleasure obtained from consuming an offer.
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