Benihana of Tokyo Benihana is a steakhouse with food cooked in front of the customers by Japanese chefs and the decorated in an authentic Japanese setting. Operation advantages: Benihana has several operation advantages: firstly‚ by eliminating the need for a conventional kitchen with hibachi table arrangement‚ the restaurant keep labor cost low while providing attentive service. Secondly‚ the dining space was increased. Thirdly‚ by reducing the menu to three simple Middle American entrees‚ the
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Satisfied And Highly Satisfied Customers The story of Starbucks transformation from a small independent coffee shop tucked away in a corner of Seattle’s Pike Place Market to a cultural phenomenon spanning the globe is legendary. A number of factors have been attributed to the success - one being a keen understanding of its patrons. There are multiple methods used to obtain customer information and the value derived therein. Customer lifetime value is one. Customers are assets‚ and their values
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Case synopsis: Baldwin‚ Bowker and Siegl were masterful in opening the coffeehouse in Pike Place Market. Schultz was doubly masterful in taking Starbucks to an unprecedented level. As of 2002‚ this familiar household name had a total of 4500 stores which is impressive considering in the ‘80s it had about 100 stores in Chicago and the Northwest. Schultz had his eye on Wall Street although they were incredulous about selling gourmet coffee in a paper cup
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Customer Service For the Mystery Shopping assignment‚ I have decided to observe the customer service provided by Sport Chek located at Erin Mills Town Center‚ Mississauga. I’ve entered the store as a customer looking to buy boxing wraps for his next boxing training‚ at the time of my entry there was a medium number of customers‚ and the customer movement at the store can be described as normal. Also there was a good number of sales associates helping out customers and walking through
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superior customer-service? The sure-fire techniques for providing superior customer-service are the mindset that defines each company’s culture. It is pervasive‚ visible to others‚ and everyone’s responsibility. It also requires organizations to keep the basic company functions in superior shape so that CSRs do not get bogged down with cleaning-up problems‚ correcting errors‚ or being on the defensive with customer. 2. What situations and practices might provide easy traps for inferior customer service
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OF SOCIAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Master Research Proposal Improving Customer Service Quality in 4-5 Star Hotels in North Cyprus Student Name - Asif HUSSAIN Supervisor Prof. Dr. ERDAL TURKAN Email: asif_del04@yahoo.com Address:13‚Kucuk Medrese sokak Lefkosa 27-01-2011 1. Title: Improving customer service quality in 4-5 Star Hotels in North Cyprus 2. Background This research will focus on an additive exploration
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meeting their customers’ expectations in the area of customer satisfaction. Starbucks has to come up with an action plan to address this issue‚ considering its significant correlation and impact to sales and profitability. SITUATION ANALYSIS Company Starbucks is acclaimed for its superior value proposition in the early 1990’s by creating an experience around the consumption of coffee‚ a ‘third place’. The brand is positioned to offer the highest quality coffee‚ close customer intimacy‚ and
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Federal Express – delivering the goods Kevan Scholes This case study looks at how new business models can create vast improvements in competitiveness. However‚ the models must be suited to the business environment at the time and will have a ‘shelf-life’ as the business environment changes. The case study looks at one on the world’s most successful adopters of a new business model that transformed the airfreight and package delivery sectors worldwide. But the advent of the internet in the mid-1990s
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INTRODUCTION The Customers Service workshop is designed to teach companies how to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction based on people skills vs. technical skills. Technically oriented persons too often become so focused on providing a technical solution that they overlook the human side of the equation. This is a very common trait among support personnel who come to their position from technical or non-service backgrounds. The course teaches companies how to treat the customer as an important
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Starbucks is dominant coffee brand in North America‚ which also is well-known worldwide. Established in 1971 as coffee shop oriented to a niche of coffee purists‚ in late 1980’s it turned to be a constantly growing chain of stores that sold whole-beans and premium-priced coffee to mostly affluent‚ well-educated customers. In years 1992-2002 company was showing at least 5% annual growth. And by 2002 Starbucks was serving already 20M customers in 5886 stores (both
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