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ALIGNING
SERVICE DESIGN
AND STANDARDS
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Provider Gap 2
CUSTOMER
COMPANY
Customer-Driven
Service Designs and
Standards
Service Design and
Standards Gap
Part 4 Opener
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Company Perceptions
of Consumer
Expectations
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Figure 9.1
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Figure 9.2
Front-end
Planning
Idea generation
Screen ideas against new service strategy
Business analysis
Test for profitability and feasibility
Implementation
Sources: Booz-Allen & Hamilton, 1982;
Bowers, 1985; Cooper, 1993; Khurana &
Rosenthal 1997.
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Market testing
Test service and other marketing-mix elements
Commercialization
Postintroduction evaluation
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Figure 9.3
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Current Customers
New Customers
Existing
Services
Share
building
Market
development
New
Services
Service
development
Diversification
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Figure 9.5
Service Blueprinting
A tool for simultaneously depicting the service process, the
points of customer contact, and the evidence of service
from the customers point of view.
Process
Service
Blueprint
Points of contact
Evidence
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Figure 9.6
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Figure 9.7
Truck
Packaging
Forms
Hand-held Computer
Uniform
Customer
Calls
Truck
Packaging
Forms
Hand-held Computer
Uniform
Customer
Gives
Package
Receive
Package
Line of interaction
Driver
Picks Up
Package
Deliver
Package
Line of visibility
Customer
Service
Order
SUPPORT PROCESS
CONTACT PERSON
(On Stage)
(Back Stage)
PHYSICAL
CUSTOMER EVIDENCE
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Airport
Receives
& Loads
Fly to
Sort
Center
Load on
Airplane
Fly to
Destination
Unload
&
Sort
Load
On
Truck
Sort
Packages
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Figure 9.8
CUSTOMER
SUPPORT PROCESS CONTACT PERSON
(Back Stage) (On Stage)
PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE
Arrive
at
Hotel
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Give Bags
to
Bellperson
Desk
Registration
Papers
Lobby
Key
Check in
Elevators
Hallways
Room
Go to
Room
Cart for
Bags
Receive
Bags
Room
Amenities
Bath
Sleep
Shower
Menu
Call
Room
Service
Delivery
Tray
Food
Appearance
Food
Receive
Food
Eat
Bill
Desk
Lobby
Hotel Exterior
Parking
Check out
and
Leave
Line of Interaction
Greet and
Take
Bags
Deliver
Bags
Process
Registration
Deliver
Food
Process
Check Out
Line of Visibility
Take Bags
to Room
Take
Food
Order
Prepare
Food
Registration
System
Figure 9.9
Step
Step22
Step
Step33
Step
Step44
Step
Step55
Step
Step66
Identify
Identifythe
the
process
to
process tobe
be
blue-printed
blue-printed
Identify
Identifythe
the
customer
customeroror
customer
customer
segment
segment
Map
Mapthe
the
process
processfrom
from
the
the
customers
customers
point
pointofofview
view
Map contact
Map contact
employee
employee
actions,
actions,onstage
onstage
and
andback-stage,
back-stage,
and/or
and/or
technology
technology
actions
actions
Link
Linkcontact
contact
activities
activitiestoto
needed
needed
support
support
functions
functions
Add
Addevidence
evidence
ofofservice
serviceatat
each
eachcustomer
customer
action step
action step
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Operations Management
rendering the service as
promised:
managing fail points
training systems
quality control
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System Technology
providing necessary tools:
system specifications
personal preference databases
Divergence Tradeoffs
Decreasing typically:
- Increase Uniformity (Consistency)
- Lowers Costs
- Increases Productivity
- Increases Efficiency
Increasing typically:
-Increases Personalization
-Increases Differentiation
-Allows a price Premium
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Complexity Tradeoffs
Decreasing typically:
- Increases Specialization
- Increases Focus
- Results in Limited Service
Increasing typically:
- Allows more coverage
- Efficiency can be + or
-Results in more Full Service
Example: Floral Shop
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Benefits of Blueprinting
Ex. 9.3 Condensed
1. See the Big Picture
2. and the parts
3. and the critical connections
a. customer and service employee
b. employee and support
4. Appreciation all the activities and functions
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Service Branding
Name, Term, Symbol use to distinguish:
Product versus Organization
Importance of in Services
Case of Marriott
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