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Operations management for service industries : competing in the service era

Title
Operations management for service industries : competing in the service era / Glenn Bassett.
Author
Bassett, Glenn A.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 1992.

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Description
xii, 261 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Service industries > Management
  • Operations research
  • Klantgerichtheid
  • Kwaliteitszorg
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Service: The Customization Imperative -- Ch. 2. Commodity and Service Aspects of Some Common Services Contrasted -- Ch. 3. Effective Service Delivery -- Ch. 4. Capacity for Service: The Fundamental Strategic Challenge -- Ch. 5. Building Inventories of Flexible Service Supplier Skill -- Ch. 6. Basic Operating Policy: Service versus Commodity -- Ch. 7. Planning/Forecasting to Meet Service Demand -- Ch. 8. Lead Time, Cost Breaks and Inventory Control in Service Operations -- Ch. 9. Work Load Modeling: Setting Priorities and Locating Bottlenecks -- Ch. 10. Discovering Service Quality -- Ch. 11. Roles, Skill Level and System Design as Foundations of Service Quality -- Ch. 12. Objective Dimensions of Service Quality -- Ch. 13. Measuring Service Quality -- Ch. 14. Building a Service Culture: Selecting and Training Service Givers -- Ch. 15. Economics of Service Pricing -- Ch. 16. Government Reform as Metaphor and Model of the Service Revolution -- Ch. 17. Conclusion: Now, as We Enter the Service Era.
ISBN
  • 0899307469
  • 9780899307466
LCCN
92019835
OCLC
  • ocm25963920
  • 25963920
  • SCSB-1970924
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library