Name: QUALITY MANAGEMENT MID TERM EXAM Question You are a project management consultant assigned to a small manufacturing firm that has been experiencing a myriad of problems. After conducting interviews and fact-finding with key managers‚ you have observed the following: •Company revenues and profits have fallen dramatically over the previous 12 months‚ along with a drop in market share •Customer complaints have reached an all time high •Employee morale is at an all time low •The
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PROJECT 1 Reasons for customer service problems include the following: 1. Not listening to or collecting information from customers. It is surely self-evident that listening to the customers is fundamental to providing a high level of customer care. Self-evident it may be‚ but surprisingly few organisations and individuals possess and use good listening skills. People are all so very different. We come from such a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures. We all have different ways of thinking
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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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Topic Review Question Topic 6: Designing Quality Service 1. Explain the reason why quality techniques in the service industry are less mature than quality techniques for manufactured products. Give your opinion‚ what can be done to bring quality techniques for the services industry up to a higher level? As discussed in Question 3‚ product quality has been in existence far longer than service quality. Tools such as SERVUAL and gap analysis are being pressed into use. Concepts like the interrelationships
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Analysis of the Approach to Quality of the Semiconductor Business Group by Course: Operations and Quality Management Instructor Institution Date of Submission How Leadership is Changing Business Management + Real Business Examples Business management is ineffective when there is no presence of strong leadership. This is because managing change in a business requires an unwavering and strong commitment from the organization’s leader or CEO‚ and the team that
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Service means the process aimed at meeting customer expectations‚ which is fundamentally based on the direct or indirect interaction of the customer and the supplier. The result of the service typically manifests itself in an intangible form. Service quality is a way to manage business processes in order to ensure total satisfaction to the customer on all levels (internal and external). It is an approach that leads to an increase of competitiveness‚ effectiveness and flexibility of the entire company
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Happy Hot Pot Service Management Tutor: Prof. Margaret Chen 4991D001 Nina 4991D013 Elina 4991D019 Nora 4991D022 Bella Date: 30st April‚ 2012 Overview of Research Target The Happy Hot Pot started operation since 2009. The first restaurant has operated for 3 years. And they have four restaurants totally. All of them are located in Kaohsiung. They are 光華店‚青年店‚小港店‚林園店. They are Franchise Chain system. So the bosses of restaurants are different. Their target market is widely. They select
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Appendix 2 SERVICE QUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE This is a questionnaire intended for disabled students of a Higher Education institution: University The questionnaire comprises three parts (A to C). Part A - a single question on your level of satisfaction with the overall services Part B - a set of 26 statements on your assessment of the quality of services delivered within your university‚ compared with the service level of an excellent university Part C - four questions: one on overall
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why not? Total quality service is more important today than it was ten years ago. Quality is a key factor in customer satisfaction and service is expected. In the past quality service may have been an afterthought to some companies‚ now it is essential to remain a competitive and successful business. Satisfied customers are the driving force that keeps a company in business. In my own experiences‚ when I have received poor service from a particular restaurant‚ store‚ service or company I tend
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dimension of Service Quality and explain how you will use those dimensions to gain competitive advantage over your competitors. In today’s competitive environment‚ organizations must earn the customer’s trust by consistently meeting or exceeding expectations. The disparity between expectation and perception is the major determining factor in a customer’s assessment of quality of service. Service quality and customer service is very important. One of the most important customer service skills you
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