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Chapter I
Introduction
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Introduction
Service Operations Management (SOM) concerned with delivering service
to
the customers or users of the services, understanding the customers
needs,
managing the processes, ensuring meeting objectives, paying
attention
to the continual improvement of services.
The term SOM is used to cover the activities, decisions and responsibilities
of
operation managers in service organizations.
Business to consumer services(financial, retail, leisure)
Business to business services B2B consultants, office equipment provision
and
support, communications)
Internal services (e.g. personnel, information technology IT services)
Public services‘( police, education, health services) G2P
Not-for-profit services ( e.g. charities, faith organizations aid organizations)
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Service concept
The service concept is a mechanism that links operations and
marketing
;
The service concept should be a shared understanding of what
the
organization provides and what the customer receives;
The service concept is therefore a key tool that can communicate
the
set of benefits (outcome, experience, operation, together
with
the psychological benefits) to the customer in order to
demonstrate
the potential value of the service.
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Service concept
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Service Concept
A service concept is a shared understanding of the nature of the service provided
and
received, which should encapsulate information about the service
experience,
the service outcome, the service operation and the value of the
service
;
The service concept acts as a ‘service specification;
Customers ‘buy’ concepts;
A service concept contains the ‘organizing idea’ for the service;
A service concept is more emotional than a business model, deeper than a brand,
More
complex than a good idea and more solid than a vision;
A service concept should provide sufficient detail to make it clear what the
organization
is selling/providing and what the customer is buying/receiving;
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Service concept
More than the ‘DNA’ of a service the elements of the service
product
; it is the mental picture that is held by customers, employees
and
shareholders about the service provided by the organisation. It is
‘service
in the mind’ (Clark et al. 2000).
The service concept is much more than an idea. An idea is an initial
notion
of a service. A service concept is a more complete picture,
which
includes some details about what the service will be like, the
outcomes
and the experience.
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Service concept defined as
The organizing idea. The essence of the service bought, or used, by
the
customer.
The service experience. The customer’s direct experience of the
service
process, which concerns the way the service provider deals
with
the customer.
The service outcome. The result for the customer of the service.
The service operation. The way in which the service will be delivered.
The value of the service. The benefit that customers perceive to be
inherent
in the service weighed against the cost of that service.
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Meaning of service
Service means many different things in many different contexts.
Combination of outcomes and experiences delivered to and received by a
customer.

Services are deeds, processes and performance central to the economic
activity in any society.

Services are solution for customers problems.
Intangible in the form of work, interaction, feeling, experience, benefits
and values.

Service experience is the customer’s direct experience of the service
process and concerns the way the customer is dealt with by the service

provider.

“Service is something which can be bought and sold but which you cannot
drop on your feet.”
Evert Gummesson.
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