5: Customer Satisfaction Flashcards
Two types of customer:
External Customer
Internal Customers
Differentiate External Customer and Internal Customers
External Customer - those who use and purchase the product/service and influence the sales process
Internal Customer - Reside inside the organization and use the output of your department.
What are the 3 categories of External Customers?
Existing Customers
Potential Customers
Lost Customers
the degree to which the customer’s experience of a product or service matches his/her expectations. (Teboul)
Customer Satisfaction Level
Give examples of Feedback Mechanisms
Comment Card Customer Questionnaire Focus Groups Toll-Free Telephone / Customer Service # Customer Visits Report Card The Internet Employee Feedback Mass Customization
Intent of the card is to get simple information, such as name, address, age, occupation, and what influenced the customer’s decision to buy the product.
Usually attached to warranty card and included with product at the time of purchase.
Comment Card
Is a popular tool for obtaining opinions & perceptions about an organization and its product & services.
Customer Questionnaire
Is a research method used to find out what customers are really thinking.
A group of customers is assembled in a meeting room to answer a series of questions.
Focus Groups
Effective technique for receiving complaint feedback.
Organizations can respond faster and more cheaply to the complaint.
Toll-Free Telephone / Customer Service #
Representative from an organization visits a customer’s place of business as a way to gather information.
Customer Visits
Information gathering tool to monitor performance on a regular basis
Sent to customers on a quarterly basis.
Report Card
Employees can offer insights into conditions that inhibit service quality in the organization.
Employee Feedback
a marketing and manufacturing technique that combines the flexibility and personalization of custom-made products with the low unit costs associated withmassproduction.
Mass Customization
an expression of dissatisfaction on a consumer’s behalf to a responsible party
Using Customer Complaints
What is ASQ
Survey of Dissatisfied Customers