一、True/False Questions 1、Logistics clearly contributes to time and form utility. 2、The purpose of logistics is to maximize customer service. 3、Two of the five primary activities in the value chain are inbound logistics and outbound logistics. 4、The Internet has done little to improve logistical effectiveness and efficiency. 5、Logistics offers many companies an important route for creating marketing superiority. 6、It is better for a logistics manager to be a generalist rather than a specialist
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Old Navy and Piperlime. Every day‚ Gap Inc. looks for new ways to connect with customers around the world‚ providing value to their shareholders and to make a positive contribution in the communities where Gap Inc. does business. Gap Inc brands have a simple‚ common purpose: "to make it easy for people to express their personal style" (Gapinc.com 2007). Gap Inc. constantly evolves each brand to better meet their customers ’ needs through innovative and inspiring design; through convenient and engaging
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DV 1. Customer satisfaction 1. Customer satisfaction is a key factor in formation of customer’s desires for future purchase (Mittal & Kamakura‚ 2001). 2. Furthermore‚ the satisfied customers will probably talk to others about their good experiences. This fact‚ especially in the Middle Eastern cultures‚ where the social life has been shaped in a way that social communication with other people enhances the society‚ is more important (Jamal & Naser‚ 2002). 3. Customer satisfaction leads to repeat
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Automated Customer Service: Advantages Outweigh Disadvantages The marketplace in the world today is more competitive than ever before. Businesses are trying to increase profits and lower operating costs. Stockholders are insisting that companies make money‚ thus increasing their stock portfolios. Consumers are busier than at any point in the history of man. They work longer hours and try to squeeze more extracurricular activities into their evenings. Into this arena has come the automated customer
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Quality Management in Services Drago Constantin Vasile The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies‚ Romania E-mail: dragoscv@gmail.com Abstract The actors on the today business stage have no more well-defined roles with clear and rigid borders between them. Hospitality industry in particular is a good example how it has been blurred the roles that customers play in dealing with service providers. The study reveals that customers can influence the quality of hospitality service through performing
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Wal-Mart: Customer Service Development and Training Wal-Mart: Customer Service Development and Training Walmart is a world leader in helping to save people money‚ but the company also strives to provide excellent customer service. This paper will address the training and development of Walmart’s employees to uphold this value. Through one-on-one training mixed with online courses‚ the HR department of Walmart can achieve this goal. The Training Need Walmart’s training needs
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retailing. Its applications range from daily sales and retail operations management to the information flows and connection with vendors. This paper takes Abercrombie & Fitch as an example to examine the application of information systems in Customer relationship marketing (p.14) and Shipping and distribution (p.25). A. Background Introduction Abercrombie & Fitch‚ also known as A&F‚ is an American fashion retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22‚ and is headquartered
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Conclusion In today’s world customer satisfaction is one of the most important elements in doing business. It is important for a manager to recognise the weak points‚ so that these can be improved. This report exemplifies the most important variables which influence the customer satisfaction of Subway. Field research has been done in the form of a questionnaire. Consequently‚ the data was analysed and the research question was answered. The variables used for this research are: Age‚ gender‚ income
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Good Customer Service Good customer service is all about bringing customers back. Due to intangibility‚ the customers can’t feel the service‚ and thus causes lack of confidence of customers to the services. Therefore‚ the business should ensure that they provide a good‚ nice‚ friendly and professional service to the clients. The essence of good customer service is forming a relationship with customers – a relationship that that individual customer feels that he would like to pursue. The staff
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intentionally based on the investigation the characteristic that influence the purchase and intention upon the two above brand that is Hyundai and Honda. Throughout the research and analysis‚ we are able to classifythe consumer relationship between the dependent variable that is purchase objective and independent variables that consist of the product quality‚ service quality‚ price‚ and customer satisfaction and purchase intention. Beside that‚ the report will discuss sampling target and size‚ population range
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