11/6/12 Business Relations The 6 Facets of Customer Service What does “customer service” mean? According to Melvin Richardson’s article “What does customer service mean?”‚ Customer service means: listening to your customers‚ satisfying every want and need‚ taking ownership of the customer’s account‚ showing appreciation‚ smiling and following up with each and every customer. These are all simple tasks to complete individually but they become more complicated to fulfill when they are all lumped
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and send no waste to landfill by 2012. This assignment requires me to compile a customer service training manual for Marks and Spencer. It will include a background to the company‚ their mission statement and their charter. I will then design the training manual‚ define quality service‚ discuss standards of excellence and codes of practice. I will then discuss the current legislation in terms of Customer Service. I will provide a conclusion and a detailed bibliography at the end of the assignment
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Delivering Customer Service Contents • • • • • • • Case Summary Company Background The Starbucks Value Proposition Delivering on Service Caffeinating the World Starbucks’ Market Research: Trouble Brewing? Rediscovering the Starbucks Customer • Suggestion Case Summary • > 5% ann. sales growth during 11years in a row (~2002) • close to a recession-proof product (Howard Schultz) • Lack of strategic marketing group and customer relationship management : Overlooking of market and customer-related
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5 pages single-spaced 12pt font Who are MM’s target customers? Are all segments equally attractive to MM? If yes‚ why? If not‚ why not? How do the different segments’ needs and expectations evolve over time? The goal is to increase the overall market share and profits of MM’s Motors in the current market environment by targeting appropriate customer segments and proper allocation of marketing resources. Our initial strategy was to concentrate on segment A because of the following reasons: 1. MM
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service The elusive goal of customer satisfaction has long provided companies with endless headaches and difficult decisions. In the end‚ associating specific customer satisfaction metrics to company profit and loss would provide the undeniable proof needed to make changes‚ and then invest the required capital to address any concerns. Starbucks‚ not unlike the rest of the business world‚ has found itself in the same situation
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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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Introduction The South African transport industry is one that is changing. In terms of Customer service there are certain companies that are excelling and are able to provide service that gains them a greater measure of customer satisfaction. Good customer service is an integral part of any business or organization. The process of managing stock‚ warehouse inventory‚ and freight transportation is at the heart of logistics. Logistics is the management and coordination of moving inventory from its
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how customer service within British Airways is monitored & evaluated British Airways would monitor their customer service through a number of ways. One example of how they would monitor customer service is through the use of informal customer feedback. This means that they would gather information through informal conversation‚ where the customer is left to express their opinions more comfortably and honestly. British Airways would value the customer’s opinion and use this information to
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Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service Starbucks began several years ago in a small city in Seattle‚ WA. Since its inception Starbucks quickly acquired several cafes throughout the state of WA and now Starbucks has cafes worldwide. The success of Starbucks lies with the dedication of providing quality products‚ a unique atmosphere and a commitment of providing top notch customer service. This article describes the importance of customer service and the endless possibilities to make sure that Starbucks
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Quality Customer Service Marketing Loyalty Program Assessment Details: The marketing department has sent out emails publishing the loyalty program for the Hotel Futura chain. The response has been excellent and you as the Marketing Manager want to define more closely the new customer expectations. You will design a strategy for this and your team must address the following: * A tool that will gain detailed information on the needs‚ expectations and satisfaction levels of customers *
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