CASE STUDY: CUSTOMER SERVICE “SERVICE ENCOUNTER” Teacher John O’Grady Tammy Clarissa 24 March 2011 Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Service Encounter 5-6 * Types 6-7 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Executive Summary These days‚ services are very commonly sought. For a business‚ if one has good service towards its customers‚ it will surely gain repeat business‚ loyalty and thus‚ built relationships with their customers. Service encounter is mainly
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Zappos Case Study Executive Summary This case study analysis is based on the 2009 case study from Stanford Graduate School of Business titled Zappos.com: Developing a supply chain to deliver WOW! It begins with the general overview of the background‚ philosophies and current problems faced by Zappos. This is followed by a hierarchal ranking of the four major presenting problems for the company‚ which are: maintaining the “wow” image without overspending‚ inventory management/distribution problems
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Customer relationship management or CRM is not just the application of technology‚ but is a strategy to learn more about customers’ needs and behaviours in order to develop stronger relationships with them. It enables businesses to: Understand the customer Retain customers through better customer experience Attract new customer Win new clients and contracts Increase profitably Decrease customer management costs It is usually more profitable in the long run for a company to keep existing
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Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction “Satisfying the customer is a race without finish.” (Vadim Kotelnikov). Many researches and academicians have defined customer’s satisfaction in their own way. Satisfying customers is always a challenging job for anyone. Customer satisfaction means providing goods and services to the customer which meets their level of expectation. So‚ neglecting customer and their demand can be dangerous for the existence of the organisation. That is the significant
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Topic Gateway Series Customer profitability analysis Customer profitability analysis Topic Gateway Series No. 55 1 Prepared by Jasmin Harvey and Technical Information Service January 2009 Topic Gateway Series Customer profitability analysis About Topic Gateways Topic Gateways are intended as a refresher or introduction to topics of interest to CIMA members. They include a basic definition‚ a brief overview and a fuller explanation of practical application. Finally they
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CASE APPLICATION (Making You Say Wow). 1. Using Exhibit 3-2 and the information from this case‚ describe the culture at the Ritz-Carlton. Why do you think this type of culture might be important to a luxury hotel? What might be the drawback of such a culture? We can describe the culture at the Ritz-Carlton by looking at their ‘Gold Standards’ as the foundation of customer service that put the guest like royalty. This new customer service philosophy implemented in mid-2006 that encompass values
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Starbucks case 1. There are numerous factors that paved the way for Starbucks’ success during the early nineties. I believe that one of their strengths was good knowledge of who their potential customers were and how to please them with their profile‚ assortment and services. One also has to take notice of their clear vision of becoming America’s third place‚ this tells me that they’ve had an aggressive vision from the start. And of course they’ve matched this with their strategy‚ from 1992-2002
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Case Study 1: Starbucks Delivering Customer Service It is clear that Starbucks has enjoyed great success since it was founded 30 years ago. The company has been doing very well for the last 11 years with 5% or more store sales increase even after the post-9/11 recession. The only issue Starbucks seems to be facing is meeting customers’ expectations. Customer service can be down because Starbucks may have lost the connection between satisfying their customers and growing their business. Customer
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for Dow Corning’s poor performance between 1995 and 2001 as show in case Exhibit 3? Externally‚ Market was changing. Down Corning kept on losing customers to low-price suppliers. 1) Big global and regional rivals were increasing their efficiency of supply chain to provide lower cost to the customers. 2) Small local players with no R&D costs and low overhead were offering a range of commodity silicone products to bulk customers at low price. 3) The commoditization trend was also denting Dow Conning’s
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CRM “ CUSTOMER IS THE KING ” - TODAY’S SELLER 1. NATURE AND SCOPE OF CRM The Customer is King! This credo is more powerful‚ relevant and true today than ever before. In a truly customer driven economy‚ success depends on a company’s ability to be with the customer on a round the clock basis… satisfying all their product and service specific needs. Simply stated‚ Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is about finding‚ getting‚ and retaining customers. Customer Relationship
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