Strategic Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction University of Phoenix MGT/449 Total quality management (TQM) affects conducting business in the global marketplace. Companies must focus on improving processes they currently use to become more efficient. In the trucking business‚ Huffman Trucking competition is Federal Express (FedEx) and UPS. Huffman Trucking strives for quality service while exploring ways to reduce operating costs to increase profits. To achieve this goal Huffman
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Slide 1 Welcome to your second customer service lecture. This week we’ll discuss listening‚ an often simplified concept. Many people think listening is easy—as long as you hear something you’re listening to it‚ but in truth‚ listening effectively is a demanding task. To listen effectively‚ you must apply skill and determination. Luckily‚ as with any skill‚ effective listening can be learned. We’ll begin this lecture by going over the difference between hearing and truly listening. Slide
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What Is Quality Management Definitions of Quality - Quality is “Fitness for Purpose” - Quality is “Doing it right the first time and every time” - Quality is “The Degree to which the design specifications for a product or service are appropriate to its function and use‚ and the degree to which a product or service conforms to its design specifications”. A frequently used definition of quality is “Delighting the customer by fully meeting their needs and expectations”
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Customer Service Unit 3 Communication in the customer service role Session 4 Understand how to meet the needs of a diverse range of customers © Creating Careers Limited‚ 2012. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 1 Communicating with people who have language/speech difficulties Try and ask short questions that only require short responses. Don’t raise your voice unless requested as most speech-impaired customers can hear and understand. If you don’t understand‚ ask the person to repeat what
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The key issue in the case is that the incentive compensation system does not motivate district managers to make decisions which are consistent with the strategy of Quality Metal Service Center (QMSC) because it is tied to the district’s target ROA. Acquiring the new processing equipment reduces the incentive bonus of the Columbus District Manager‚ Mr. Ken Richards‚ from 11.1% to 4.28% of his base salary. This happens because the asset base increases with the new equipment and will exceed the target
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The article “Perceived Causes of Marriage Breakdown and Conditions of Life” and the script are connected through by ideas of lack of communication and the presence of issues prior to being discussed. The article “Perceived Causes of Marriage Breakdown and Conditions of Life” by Alisa Berns‚ examines the demographic variables of participants that are separated or divorced based on what they have said created the breakdown in their marriage. Common factors that lead to a marital breakdown are age
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Tiered Service System Tiered service system is that system which creates a fire fighting in the organization‚ this service possess no structure and no system and is responsible for problems and the people are in stress and in the position of frustration. No‚ if I owned my own business I would not provide my customers with a tiered service system because it is known as everyday fighting in the organization. My primary focus would be to resolve the problems and make my customers happy and satisfied
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Learning 1. Summarise the learning and teaching strategies used in your area of specialism. What strengths and limitations does each have? There are many learning and teaching strategies that could be used to ensure learning takes place within the area of customer service. Each technique has its own strengths and limitations that must be considered when applying them to context of customer service and its environment. Approaches that include activities such as role play where the learner may
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Case 7-3 Quality Metal Service Center 1. Is the capital investment proposal described in Exhibit 3 and attractive one for Quality Metal Service Center? The project evaluation seems to be beneficial to the company: A. Payback period: 4.5 years less than the company’s criterion of 10 years B. Internal rate of return: 21.8% c. Net present value (at 15% cost of capital): $286‚000 The proposal seems to be an attractive one due to the fact that there seems to be a need in the district for this
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The impact of service quality and marketing on financial performance in the hospital industry: an empirical examination P.s Raju‚ S.c.Lonial The hospital industry has become quite competitive in recent times.In an effort to cut costs hospitals are taking serious measures to improve their performance in relation to their competitor’s .Two of the most important steps that hospitals have undertaken are (1) efforts to improve the quality of their services‚ and (2) efforts to market themselves more effectively
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