Quality Service Flashcards
The five (5) Service Quality Dimensions
Tangibles
Assurance
Responsiveness
Service Reliability
Empathy
These were developed in the context of production and manufacturing initially.
Quality Standards
The main reason for Quality Standards
Improve product quality and conformance
Aim of Quality Standards
Reinforce performance
The aim of Quality Systems is to reinforce performance with a major focus on
procedures and processes
Quantifiable standards
Benchmarks
Why are benchmarks formed in Quality Standards?
To maintain a set quality service standards
A process to measure the company’s success against other similar companies.
Benchmarking
Use of benchmarking
- discover if there is a gap in performance (which can be closed by improving their performance)
- highlight what it takes to enhance a company’s efficiency
- become a bigger player in the industry
Enumerate the Quality Process
- Define quality
- Market research (internally and externally)
- Competitive Analysis
- Benchmarking
- Judge performance with the benchmark quality standards.
- Develop Quality standards to remove gaps.
- Proper quality standards implementation
- Control and monitor the quality service performance
It has led to a drastic redesign of service standards due to a competitive and dynamic world.
Technology
Meaning of solicitation
The process of seeking information from someone.
Difference between Complaint from Grievance
Complaint- spoken or written dissatisfaction or accusation. For example, complaining about cleanliness in the bathroom.
Grievance- a formal complaint that is presented to the management. An example is a company violating government policy like anti-discrimination law
Purpose of Solicitation of Complaints
- convinces customers that the service provider values individual customers (fundamental level)
- positive influence on the service delivery employees
- nature of complaints + frequency enables the provider to note frequent service failures
This is a customer who has used the service before but decided to shift or shifted to another service provider in preference to the original provider.
Lost Customer
Two (2) Quality Service Models
Gap Model and SERVQUAL Model
It is a model of measuring quality service based on the work of Parasuraman, Zeithmal, and Berry.
SERVQUAL Model
The model talks about a way customer distinguishes the quality service by comparing the expected services with the perceived service.
Service = Service Expectations - Service perceptions
SERVQUAL Model
The outcome of making comparisons (Service = Service Expectations - Service perceptions) has three (3) forms:
Confirmed expectations
Unmet expectations
Exceeded expectations
Quality service is perceived to be:
Satisfactory
Poor
Surplus
The Service delivery is the expected service. The customer is happy and there is no surplus or deficit.
Satisfactory
Customer expectations are not met. The perceived service falls short of the expected service.
Poor
Customer expectations are exceeded, then the quality of service is good. The KEY building block of SERVQUAL Model.
Surplus
The five (5) RATER framework
Reliability
Assurance
Tangibles
Empathy
Responsiveness
The level or the ability to meet the goals and service commitments that the business makes.
Reliability
The level of or the expertise & experience of those directly involved in providing the service.
Assurance