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FOUNDATIONS FOR SERVICES MARKETING
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Introduction to Services
What are Services? Why Service Marketing? Service and Technology Characteristics of Services Service Marketing Mix Staying Focused on the Customer
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Objectives for Chapter 1: Introduction to Services Explain what services are and identify important trends in services.
Explain the need for special service marketing concepts and practices and why the need has developed and is accelerating.
Explore the profound impact of technology on service.
Outline the basic differences between goods and services and the resulting challenges and opportunities for service businesses.
Introduce the expanded marketing mix for services and the philosophy of customer focus as powerful frameworks and themes that are fundamental to the rest of the text.
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What are Services?
Services are deeds, processes, and performances provided, coproduced, or cocreated by one entity or person for and/or with another entity or person.
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Examples of Service Industries Health Care hospital, medical practice, dentistry, eye care
Professional Services accounting, legal, architectural
Financial Services banking, investment advising, insurance
Hospitality restaurant, hotel/motel, bed & breakfast ski resort, rafting
Travel airline, travel agency, theme park
Others hair styling, pest control, plumbing, lawn maintenance, counseling services,
health club, interior design
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Contributions of Service Industries to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (Figure 1.1)
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Tangibility Spectrum (Figure 1.2)
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Why Service Marketing?
Services dominate U.S. and worldwide economies Service as a business imperative in goods-
focused businesses Deregulated industries and professional
service needs Service marketing is different Service leads to profits
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Percent of U.S. Labor Force by Industry (Figure 1.3)
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Percent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Industry (Figure 1.4)
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Chapter 1-12Goods Companies Expanding into Services
Caterpillar GE IB PetSmart Procter & Gamble Xerox
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Service and Technology
Technology… Is the foundation of many service offerings Provides new ways to deliver service Enables both customers and employees. Extends the global reach of services The Internet is a service! Some outcomes may be negative.
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Characteristics of Services Compared to Goods
Intangibility
Perishability Simultaneous
Production and
Consumption
Heterogeneity
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Comparing Goods and Services (Table 1.1)
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Implications of Intangibility
Services cannot be inventoried
Services cannot be easily patented
Services cannot be readily displayed or communicated
Pricing is difficult
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Implications of Heterogeneity
Service delivery and customer satisfaction depend on employee and customer actions
Service quality depends on many uncontrollable factors
There is no sure knowledge that the service delivered matches what was planned and promoted
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Implications of Simultaneous Production and Consumption Customers participate in and affect the
transaction
Customers affect each other
Employees affect the service outcome
Decentralization may be essential
Mass production is difficult
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Implications of Perishability
It is difficult to synchronize supply and demand with services
Services cannot be returned or resold
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Search, Experience, and Credence Qualities (Figure 1.5)
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Challenges and Questions for Service Marketers Defining and improving quality Designing and testing new services Communicating and maintaining a consistent image Accommodating fluctuating demand Motivating and sustaining employee commitment Setting prices Organizing to facilitate strategic and tactical decision-
making Finding a balance between standardization and
personalization Protecting new service concepts from competitors Communicating quality and value to customers Ensuring the delivery of consistent quality service
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Traditional Marketing Mix
Elements an organization controls that can be used to satisfy or communicate with customers: Product Price Place Promotion
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Expanded Mix for Services – The 7 Ps The 4 Ps plus…
People All human actors who play a part in service delivery and thus influence the buyer’s perceptions: namely, the firm’s personnel, the customer, and other customers in the service environment.
Physical Evidence The environment in which the service is delivered and where the firm and customer interact, and any tangible components that facilitate performance or communication of the service.
Process The actual procedures, mechanisms, and flow of activities by which the service is delivered—the service delivery and operating systems.
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Expanded Marketing Mix for Services (Table 1.2)
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Customer Focus: A Critical Theme
All strategies should be developed with an eye on the customer All implementations should be carried out with an
understanding of their impact on the customer. All decisions regarding new services,
communications, operations, and human resources should integrate the customer'
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- Introduction to Services
- Objectives for Chapter 1:�Introduction to Services
- What are Services?
- Examples of Service Industries
- Contributions of Service Industries to U.S. Gross Domestic Product (Figure 1.1)
- Tangibility Spectrum (Figure 1.2)
- Why Service Marketing?
- Percent of U.S. Labor Force by Industry (Figure 1.3)
- Percent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product by Industry (Figure 1.4)
- Goods Companies Expanding into Services
- Service and Technology
- Characteristics of Services�Compared to Goods
- Comparing Goods and Services (Table 1.1)
- Implications of Intangibility
- Implications of Heterogeneity
- Implications of Simultaneous Production and Consumption
- Implications of Perishability
- Search, Experience, and Credence Qualities (Figure 1.5)
- Challenges and Questions for Service Marketers
- Traditional Marketing Mix
- Expanded Mix for Services –�The 7 Ps
- Expanded Marketing Mix for Services (Table 1.2)
- Customer Focus: A Critical Theme