Total Quality Management in the Xerox Corporation By: Jennifer Zook Total Quality Management (TQM) is a term used to define quality programs corporations use to help increase the profit share and the customer relations of the corporation. Total Quality Management can consist of different programs that different companies use to obtain the results of customer satisfaction‚ better quality products‚ and a decrease in the defects of the products. Total Quality Management in the Xerox Corporation includes
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Chapter 4: Internal analysis - Structure 4.1 Analysis of the value chain: Primary activities: Inbound logistics: * Focus upon the relationship with supplier‚ how they manage to secure deliverance of high quality coffee beans. Communication and contracts with green coffee suppliers Operations: * How Starbucks operations are conducted?‚ Starbucks own stores‚ expand on how many and how the procedure is (licensing etc) Outbound Logistics: * How do they sell their coffee
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Discuss the differences between service quality‚ perceptions of service quality and customer satisfaction (Section 1). Should sport service managers prioritize one of them? If yes‚ which and why (Section 2)? Support your arguments with sport examples. Section 1 In the current economic climate‚ affected by trade liberalisation and globalisation organisations face a highly competitive market. Due to such‚ there has been a shift from production-led philosophy to that of a customer-focused approach
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How can Quality‚ Time and Cost be balanced? “Quality” does not come about by accident; it is achieved through careful planning and execution. Customers regardless of who they may be deserve the best quality product your department can supply. As part of the planning process‚ it’s important to ensure you have a good understanding of the quality level your customers require and expect from the product you are providing. “Quality is the characteristics of a product‚ system‚ service or process
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The Gaps Model of Service Quality Chapter2-1 2 The Customer Gap – Gap 5 The Provider Gaps: Gap 1 – The Listening Gap not knowing what customers expect Gap 2 – The Design and Standards Gap not having the right service designs and standards Gap 3 – The Performance Gap not delivering to service standards Gap 4 – The Communication Gap not matching performance to promises Putting It All Together: Closing the Gaps McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2009
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Manage quality customer service SECTION 1 Assessment Activity 1 Develop and document‚ on behalf of an organization for which you do or might work‚ a detailed process whereby it will possible to investigate‚ identify‚ assess and include the needs of customers in planning processes. Private Schooling The first process is investigating why Parents would choose Private Schooling for their child/ren. The School would investigate the following. Investigate the needs of families in the local area
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Case 7-3 Quality Metal Service Center 1. Is the capital investment proposal described in Exhibit 3 and attractive one for Quality Metal Service Center? The project evaluation seems to be beneficial to the company: A. Payback period: 4.5 years less than the company’s criterion of 10 years B. Internal rate of return: 21.8% c. Net present value (at 15% cost of capital): $286‚000 The proposal seems to be an attractive one due to the fact that there seems to be a need in the district for this
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MARRIOTT HOTELS AND RESORTS Motivate employees‚ train them‚ care about them‚ and make winners of them. At Marriott‚ we know that if we treat our employees correctly‚ they’ll treat the customers right‚ and if the customers are treated right‚ they’ll come back. Bill Marriot Jr. If a customer leaves a hotel or resort satisfied with the property and the service‚ there is a much better chance that they will return. That is an obvious reality in the industry‚ and in the forefront of the customer
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A service encounter is simply defined as a customer’s actual interaction with a service company. Shostack (1985) defined service encounter as the period of time that a customer interacts with a service. Merritt (1977:198)‚ a linguistic scholar‚ views a service encounter as an instance of face to face interaction between a server who is ‘officially posted’ in some service area‚ that interaction being oriented to the satisfaction of the customer’s presumed desire for some service and the server’s obligation
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1) Was extending the brand into chips a logical step for Ritz? Explain using the concepts related to brand extension. • Yes it was a logical step for Ritz to expand into the chips market; they mention sales were not growing for crackers as fast as chips‚ which were growing twice as fast. They wanted to add a incremental growth and increase value to the already popular Ritz business. They had introduced different line extensions and flavors before but they didn’t increase
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