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Chapter 8
Service Processes
8-3
OBJECTIVES
• Service Strategy: Focus &
Advantage
• Service-System Design Matrix
• Service Blueprinting
• Service Fail-safing
• Characteristics of a Well-Designed
Service Delivery System
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Service Businesses
AAphilosophical
philosophicalviewviewthat
that
suggests The Service
suggeststhe
theorganization
organization Strategy
exists
existsto
toserve
servethe
the
customer,
customer,andandthe
the
systems
systemsandandthe
the
employees
employeesexist
existto
to
facilitate
facilitatethe
theprocess
processof
of The
service.
service. Customer
The The
Systems People
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Exhibit
Exhibit7.6
7.6
Degree of customer/server contact
Buffered Permeable Reactive
High core (none) system (some) system (much) Low
Face-to-face
total
customization
Face-to-face
Sales loose specs Production
Face-to-face
Opportunity Efficiency
tight specs
Phone
Internet & Contact
on-site
Mail contacttechnology
Low High
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Service Fail-safing
Poka-Yokes (A Proactive Approach)
• Keeping a
mistake from Task
becoming a
service defect
Treatment Tangibles
• How can we
fail-safe the
three Ts?
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•Arrival variability
•Request variability
•Capability variability
•Effort variability
Accommodation Strategies
• Classic accommodation
• Low cost accommodation
• Classic reduction
• Uncompromised reduction
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2. It is user-friendly
3. It is robust
7. It is cost-effective
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Question Bowl
Question Bowl
According to the Chase and Dasu
(2001) study which of the following
are behavioral concepts that should
be applied to enhance customer
perceptions of a service encounter?
a. Flow of the service experience
b. Flow of time
c. Judging encounter performance
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Question Bowl
Question Bowl
Question Bowl
End of Chapter 8