CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES The services have unique characteristics which make them different from that of goods. The most common characteristics of services are: Intangibility. Inseparability. Perish ability. Variability Intangibility Services are activities performed by the provider‚ unlike physical products they cannot be seen‚ tasted‚ felt‚ heard or smelt before they are consumed. Since‚ services are not tangibles‚ they do not have features that appeal to the customer’s senses‚ their
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Introduction The service concept is critical and central in managing service operations. It has become increasing important in defining what the corporations are selling and the customer buying or using. It can be used to design and improve the services. “The service concept is something that is more emotional than a business model‚ deeper than a brand‚ more complex than a good idea and customers and creates a business advantage.” (Johnston.R and Clark.G‚ 2008) The selected service organisation is
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and quality. The industry was very competitive and had many manufacturers but Otis was the leader in the sales and service markets. The sales market was cyclical and the service market was stable. In 1981‚ North American Operations‚ Otis’ second largest division‚ investigated the feasibility of using IT to establish a centralized customer service department to accept customer requests for maintenance during non-prime-time hours‚ for which Otis was earlier using a commercial answering service. Customers
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Cook/Chill Centralized Food Service in Corrections By Louise E. Mathews‚ Chief of Food Services‚ San Diego County‚ California‚ Sheriffs Department capacity of 2‚345. In 1989‚ these facilities were holding up to 4‚500 inmates-and the numbers were climbing-giving San Diego the dubious distinction of being the most overcrowded system in the country. To determine more effective ways of handling the increasing number of inmates‚ the county commissioned two external feasibility studies (1985 and 1989)
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corner of Pham Ngoc Thach Street for the purpose of observing the quality and level of customer service this restaurant had. For the sake of adding in another couple of eyes and improving our information findings‚ we had a student who recently graduated in Hotel & Tourism Management and has customer service experience coming with us. After an hour or two‚ we had all of the information which we will use to evaluate their service on a piece of paper. Our Primary expectation: Like with many other
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SERVICE ENCOUNTER: Harry Beckwith mentioned service as “Selling the invisible”.(Barlett‚ 2001). Service encounter is a dealing in which one person supply a good or a service to another person. (for example selling a product‚ selling a service an appointment with a doctor etc..). There are different types of service encounters. Service may be direct contact services( like service in an hospital) or indirect contact services( like service produced in a call center). Examples: 1
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Introduction Catering services provided vary depending on the event and can include: cooking and delivering food to an outside location; cooking‚ delivering and serving food; and full-service (preparing food‚ providing service staff‚ decoration of event location‚ prep and clean-up). In some cases of full-service catering‚ the caterer is called an event managing company. When most people refer to a "caterer"‚ they are referring to an event caterer who serves food with waiting staff at dining
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Human Services 3 Human Services is one part of an organization that evolved out of the mid 17th century as the relief act to help the disabled and sick men who worked at sea. It was the beginning of a long line of federal established hospitals to care for the sea merchant’s and what is known to us today as Public Health Services. Evolving with the centuries where new laws were passed which helped establish new acts‚ expanding more fields of public health and hospitals for desease
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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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iii | Contents OGC’s foreword viii Access Management 68 Operational activities of processes covered in other lifecycle phases 72 Common Service Operation activities 79 Monitoring and control 82 5.2 IT Operations 92 vii Chief Architect’s foreword 58 5.1 vi Problem Management 4.5 v List of tables 4.4 4.6 List of figures 5 Preface ix Acknowledgements x 5.3 Mainframe Management 95 1 Introduction
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