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RESEARCH TOPIC

CUSTOMER PERCEPTION IN THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY.

A marketing concept that encompasses a customer's impression, awareness


and/or consciousness about a company or its offerings. Customer perception is
typically affected by advertising, reviews, public relations, social media,
personal experiences and other channels.

The following are illustrative examples


STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

Analyze how the current marketing situation affects the customer


perception towards logistics.

Good customer perception builds customer loyalty among the existing


customers and generates positive word-of-mouth communication, which attracts
new customers.

In other words, customer service is the base for all customer relationship
management (CRM) programs that may leading firms are implementing.
Customers base their evaluation of a service on their perceptions.

Firms that are able to map these gaps accurately and try to bridge them with
value-added service can succeed in enhancing the customer satisfaction level
and remain competitive.

SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

This study has been undertaken to identify customer perception towards service
rendered by VRL logistics. The main aim of the research is to identify the
competitive area of VRL logistics service to different customers across India.

OBJECTIVES OF RESEARCH

Gain a perception under these topics:

 Competence: the information provided by the firm through product


brochures, manuals, websites, sales talk about the product and the service
offerings of the firm.

 Reliability: delivery of the product or services as promised regarding


place, time and quality.

 Responsiveness: returning customer calls, e-mails, faxes, letters, and so


forth on time and resolving customer problems or complaints with speed
during all three phases of a transaction.

 Trustworthiness: built through evolving policies on product return,


warranty and guarantee, and honoring commitments.

 Access: this refers to the ease with which the customer will have access
to information on products and services before placing an order, status of
the order placed, and status of the product complaints, claims and
damages in the post-sales phase.

 Communication: the actual service provided may be different from what


is communicated through a promotional or advertising campaign.

 Customer knowledge: the firm may fail to understand the customer’s


perception of the service standard.

RESEARCH DESIGN

An attempt to establish what level of understanding of customer requirements


is needed in order to run the logistics service with ease.

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