Analysis the operations management of Starbucks Operations management concentrates on managing process. All operations focus on the process of input‚ transformation and output. Operations management will concern about the cost of ingredients‚ labor requirements‚ and customer satisfaction. (Heizer‚ J‚ p‚ 39). So all the operators need to concentrate on some main objects of operations management such as capacity‚ quality‚ variability‚ and queuing. They should treat the task of balancing the supply
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References: Apte‚ U.M. and Vepsalainen‚ A.P.J. (1993)‚ “High tech or high touch? Efficient channel strategies for delivering financial services”‚ Journal of Strategic Information Systems‚ Vol Bitner‚ M.J. (1992)‚ “Servicescapes: the impact of physical surroundings on customers and employees”‚ Journal of Marketing‚ Vol Bitner‚ M.J. (1993)‚ “Managing the evidence of service”‚ in Scheuing‚ E.E. and Christopher‚ W.F. Blois‚ K.J. (1983)‚ “The structure of service firms and
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Services Marketing (July 2103 Semester) Sample Multiple Choice Questions (Chapters 7-15 only) NO Answers to be provided; students to research from the text and notes. The lecturer will NOT be posting any answers so do not request – THANKS Note: Some question numbers are missing as the lecturer has removed the questions as they may not be relevant. Practice these as a way of revising the topics. ================================================================================ Chapter 7: Promoting
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JetBlue Study New York based JetBlue Airways Corporation‚ entered the airline travel business in 1998 with the goal of “making the experience of flying happier and easier for everyone.” They were succeeding and thriving in their goal up until Wednesday‚ February 14‚ 2007‚ when they suffered through a severe winter storm at the JFK International Airport. Their operations were jumbled forcing the airline to cancel more than half of their flights along the east coast‚ and it forced them to give
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through service-delivery systems and service encounters. The service delivery system designs focus on: the facility location and layout‚ the servicescape‚ the service process and job design‚ technology and information support systems. Location affects a customer’s travel time and is an important competitive priority in the service business. The servicescape is the physical evidence that the customer might use to form an impression. The service process and job design is the activity of developing
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marketing strategies used to manage capacity and demand‚ respectively come as followed. One good point of Pizza 4P’s is they have a very good services and influences on customers. The reasons are their physical evidence and people. Applying Bitner’s Servicescape Model gives out an overview on how Pizza 4P’s service environment can influence on its customers and employees. The
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References: Baker‚ J.‚ Michael Levy and Dhruv Grewal (1992)‚ “An Experimental Approach to Making Retail Store Environmental Decisions‚” Journal o f Retailing‚ 68‚ (Winter)‚ 328-339. Bitner‚ M. (1992)‚ “Servicescapes: The Impact o f Physical Surroundings on Customers and Employees‚” Journal o f Marketing‚ 56‚ 57-71. Holbrook‚ Morris B. (1986)‚ “Aims‚ Concepts‚ and Methods for the Representation of Individual Differences in Esthetic Responses to Design Features
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own signature touches. Where both offer services by either the owner or lead makeup artist and added services such as pre-bridal touch ups. Place - Both firms offer direct sales‚ where the consumer has to go in order to avail these services. The servicescape and the layout of the salons are efficient and hygienic. One tends to be compacted‚ whereas‚ the other despite the number of customers still has room to move about. Price - Since‚ clients would not narrow down these two salons‚ without considering
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Topic: Total Quality Service Summary: Total quality service and total quality management as a business strategy designed to add value to customers. It begins by discussing the roots of quality assurance and total quality management‚ and TQM. Also‚ it is to explore the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices and service quality as well as the relationship between TQM practices and market orientation. However‚ most of what has been written on TQM is usually related to manufacturing
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Chapter 1: Intro Goods Service Implications Tangible Intangible • Inventories • Patents • Displayed or communication • Pricing challenges Standardized Heterogeneous • Dependence on employee and customer actions‚ • Uncontrollable factors • Quality matched to promise/promoted Production separate from consumption Simultaneous production and consumption • Customers participate in and affect the transaction • Customers affect each other • Employees affect the service outcome. • Decentralization
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