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This is a PPT explaining about service perspective of operations management.

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Services

Service –
Services are economic activities that produce time, place, form or psychological utilities

A deed, a performance, an effort (Berry)
Time : a maid servant saves time (Skill based)

Place : departmental stores or grocery shops provide commodities at one place (Location based) Form : data base in usable form (Information based)
Psychological : restaurant or movie (Content based)

Characteristics of Service –
Intangibility Inseparability : (a) inseparability of provision and consumption and (b) inseparability of customer and supplier Perishability : can not be stored Variability : provided by humans to humans (mostly), variation is inevitable, also due to difference in perception by different customers

Service Process Matrix –
(Schemenner, 1986)
Degree of Interaction and Customization Low High

Service Factory

Service Shop
Hospitals Auto Repair Shops Other repair services

Degree of Labour Intensity

Airlines

Low

Trucking Hotel Resorts and Recreation

Mass Services
Retailing

Professional Services
Physicians Lawyers Accountant Architects

High

Wholesaling Schools Retail aspects of commercial banking

Process Structure in Services –
High Contact Low Contact

Dimensions
Physical presence What is Processed Contact Intensity Personal attention Method of delivery (Refer Figure 4.2 – page 123)

Nature of Demand relative to Supply –
(Christopher H Lovelock, 1983)
Extent of Demand Fluctuations over Time Wide Extent to which Supply is constrained Narrow

Peak Demand can usually be met without major delay

Electricity Telephone Hospital

Insurance

Legal Services
Banking Laundry and Dry Cleaning

Peak Demand regularly exceeds Capacity

Tax preparation Passenger Transportation Hotels and Motels

Fast Food Restaurant Movie Theatre Gas Station

What is Processed?
(Christopher H Lovelock)
Actions Tangible Intangible

People Processing
Passenger transportation Heart transplantation Immunisation

Mental Stimulus Processing
Entertainment Education Art exhibit Music concert

Customer Inputs

Physical therapy

Possession Processing
Repair & maintenance

Information Processing
Internet services Banking Financial services Insurance Software development

Assets

Dry cleaning Housecleaning Landscaping Package delivery

Nature of the Service Act –
(Christopher H Lovelock, 1983)
Direct Recipient of the Services People Things

Nature of the Service acts

Service Directed at People?s Bodies

Tangible Actions

Healthcare Passenger transportation Beauty Salon

Service Directed at Goods and other Physical Possessions
Freight transportation

Repair and maintenance
Laundry and dry cleaning

Service directed at People?s Mind

Service directed at intangible assets
Banking Legal services Accounting Insurance

Intangible Actions

Education Broadcasting Information Services Theatres

Customization and Judgement in Service Delivery –
(Christopher H Lovelock, 1983)
Extent to which Customer Contact Personnel Exercise Judgement in meeting individual Customer Needs Extent to which Service Characteristics are Customised High Low

Education (large classes)

High

Surgery Taxi Service

Preventive Health Programmes Family Restaurant

Telephone Services

Low

Hotel Services Retail Banking Cafeteria

Public Transportation

Movie Theatre
Institutional Food Services

Method of Service Delivery –
(Christopher H Lovelock, 1983)
Availability of Service Outlets Single Site Nature of interaction between Customer and Service Organization Multiple Sites

Customer travels to Service Firm

Theatre Barber Shop Pest Control Service Taxi

Bus Service Fast Food Chain

Service Provider travels to Customer

Mail Delivery Emergency Repair

Transactions is at arm?s length

Credit Card Company

National TV Network

Local TV Station

Telephone Company

Relationship with Customers –
(Christopher H Lovelock, 1983)
Type of Relationship between Service Organization and its Customers „Membership? Relationship Nature of the Service Delivery No Formal Relationship

Insurance

Continuous Delivery of Service

Radio Station

Telephone Subscription Electric Utility

Police Protection
Lighthouse Public Highways

Banking

Toll Highway

Discrete Transactions

Long Distance Phone Calls Theatre Series Tickets Airline Frequent Flyer

Pay Phone

Movie Theatre
Public Transportation Restaurant

Service System

The Service System –
Customer Needs Service Organisation – mission, strategies and policies Environment

Marketing System

Operations System

Human Resources

Design of service package & delivery system

Service delivery system
Front Room : Service Providers Processes Equipments Back Room : Personnel Processes Equipments

Customer and / or customer assets

Enhanced customers and / or customer assets

Service Encounter –
Service is delivered through process(es)
“Any episode in which the customer comes into contact with any aspect of the organisation and gets an impression of the quality of its services”
Service encounter involves customers, service employees, other customers, service delivery system and physical evidence Also known as „moments of truth?

Service Encounter Perspectives –
Social encounter : may be like a social interaction, follow the social rules and some informal interactions

Economic exchange : exchange of resources between customer and the service provider e.g. labour, skill, technology, etc.
Production process : to satisfy some needs of the customers. Service provider provides resources to convert into customer satisfaction Contract : customer hires the services of the service provider and to provide service on his/her behalf Partial employment : customer participates like an employer, this is beneficial to both

Elements of Service Encounter –
Customer : most important and the ultimate objective

Service Provider : expects courtesy from the customer, must have knowledge and training to perform the task
The delivery system : consists of equipment, supplies, processes, procedure, etc. Delivery system design is the core service. The Physical Evidence : deals with all tangible aspects of the service

Influence of other customers in Service Encounter –
Interaction with other customers such as co-passengers in
train or in a airline It is important –


• •

To select the right (target) customer
Establish rules of behaviours from the customers Facilitate positive customer – customer interaction

Service Performance Measurement

Service Productivity Measurement Issues
? Difficult to measure : one service from a set or bunch of services ? Measure with accuracy & defining the output : no physical evidence hence what to measure and how to measure (carry out relative measurement e.g. measurement on inputs rather than pure outputs – no. of patients days in a hospital rather time taken to cure or get tested) ? Accounting for customer?s involvement : difficult to separate his/her part, may depend on number of customer served e.g. airline passengers, may go down in case demand reduces and lead to idle time ? Customisation and customer dependence : how does the customer receive and think about the service

Service Layout

Layout –
Objectives of good layout – a. b. c. d. Minimise the movement of people, materials, paper (non-value adding) Improved utilisation of space Flexibility of rearrangement or modification as per need Physical arrangement for employees to be effective

e.

Convenience to customers, customer friendly ambience

Layout –
Inputs/factors to layout –
a. b. Objective of the company – diversification, cost, expansion, etc. People/services – nature and number – single or multiple service, degree of customer contact, degree of customisation, etc. Quantity demanded – high volume or low volume Routing – process, equipments, materials, information, and customer participation in the process Space and services – space available and required, location Timing – flexibility or change over needed Security – of people and belongings Aesthetics Community and environment

c. d. e. f. g. h. i.

Layout –
Servicescapes or physical environment –

Influences customer and employee behaviour
The complexity of servicescape depends on whether –

a. Self service (customer only)
b. Interpersonal services (customer and employee both)

c. Remote service (employee only)

Servicescape Framework –
Environmental Dimensions Holistic Environment Moderators
Cognitive
Belief

Internal Responses
Emotional Physiological
Mood Attitude Pain Comfort Movement Physical fit

Behaviour
Approach
Affiliation Exploration Stay longer Commitment Carry out Plan Avoid

Ambient Conditions Temperature Air Quality Noise Odour, etc.

Categorization

Symbolic meaning

Employee Response Moderators Perceived Servicescape Customer Response Moderators

Space/function Layout Equipment Furnishing, etc.

Employee Response

Customer Response

Social Interaction between and among customers and employees

Signs, symbols & artifacts Signage, Personal artifacts Styles of décor, etc. Cognitive
Belief

Approach
Affiliation

Emotional Physiological
Mood Pain Comfort Movement

Exploration Stay longer Commitment Carry out Plan

Categorization Attitude Symbolic meaning

Physical fit

Avoid

Issues on Office Layout
Proximity to peers and supervisors, need based Privacy - antithesis of proximity ! Approaches – Traditional Layout : rigid and more private

Office Landscaping : semiprivate, portable partition and semi permanent
Activity Setting : multiple work areas like process type, mix of proximity and privacy Telecommuting or Electronic Cottage (SOHO)

SESSION ENDS



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