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Chap 5 Amended
Chap 5 Amended
Customers
Internal Customers
External Customers or End Users
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Strategic Quality Planning
The Voice of the Customer
Customer Driven Quality
Gap
The Differences between desired levels of
performance and actual levels of
performance.
Gap Analysis
The formal means for identifying and
correcting these gaps
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Strategic Quality Planning
The Voice of the Customer
The “GAPS” Approach to Service Design
Service Quality
Model Gaps
Gaps Model
A competitive model.
Single Sourcing.
Strategic Alliances.
Customer rationalization.
Annuity relationship.
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Active data gathering.
Passive data gathering.
Telephone Contact
Focus Groups
Customer Service Surveys
Telephone Contact
Hard data implies that data is directly measurable, factual and
indisputable.
Soft data that has been collected from qualitative observations and
quantified.
1. Soft data
2. Biased
3. Difficult
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The Voice of the Customer
Actively Solicited Customer-Feedback approaches
Customer Retention
Indicator of customer satisfaction
Percentage of customers who return for
more service
Customer Loyalty
Instilled by offering a specialized service
not available by competitors
Intangible aspect
Customer-centric activities
Enterprise capabilities
Customer Acquisition
Sales management
Customer retention and enhancement