Transcript The Service Delivery System - University of Texas at Austin

New Service Development
Learning Objectives
 Discuss
the new service development process.
 Prepare a blueprint for a service operation.
 Describe a service process using the dimensions
of divergence and complexity.
 Use the taxonomy of service processes to classify
a service operation.
 Compare and contrast the generic approaches to
service system design.
Levels of Service Innovation
Radical Innovations
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Major Innovation: new service driven by information and
computer based technology
Start-up Business: new service for existing market
New Services for the Market Presently Served: new
services to customers of an organization
Incremental Innovations
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Service Line Extensions: augmentation of existing service
line (e.g. new menu items)
Service Improvements: changes in features of currently
offered service
Style Changes: modest visible changes in appearances
Technology Driven Service Innovation
 Power/energy
- International flights with jet
aircraft
 Physical design - Enclosed sports stadiums
 Materials - Astroturf
 Methods - JIT and TQM
 Information - E-commerce using the Internet
Service Design Elements
 Structural
- Delivery system
- Facility design
- Location
- Capacity planning
 Managerial
- Service encounter
- Quality
- Managing capacity and demand
- Information
New Service Development Cycle
• Full-scale launch
• Post-launch review
Full Launch
Development
Enablers
• Formulation
of new services
objective / strategy
• Idea generation
and screening
• Concept
development and
testing
People
• Service design
and testing
• Process and system
design and testing
• Marketing program
design and testing
• Personnel training
• Service testing and
pilot run
• Test marketing
Design
Product
Technology
Systems
Tools
Analysis
• Business analysis
• Project authorization
Service Blueprint of Luxury Hotel
Strategic Positioning
Through Process Structure
 Degree
of Complexity: Measured by the
number of steps in the service blueprint.
For example a clinic is less complex than a
general hospital.
 Degree of Divergence: Amount of
discretion permitted the server to customize
the service. For example the activities of an
attorney contrasted with those of a
paralegal.
Structural Alternatives for a Restaurant
LOWER COMPLEXITY/DIVERGENCE
CURRENT PROCESS
No Reservations
Self-seating. Menu on Blackboard
Eliminate
Customer Fills Out Form
TAKE RESERVATION
SEAT GUESTS, GIVE MENUS
SERVE WATER AND BREAD
TAKE ORDERS
PREPARE ORDERS
Pre-prepared: No Choice
Salad (4 choices)
Limit to Four Choices
Entree (15 choices)
Sundae Bar: Self-service
Dessert (6 choices)
Coffee, Tea, Milk only
Serve Salad & Entree Together:
Bill and Beverage Together
Cash only: Pay when Leaving
Beverage (6 choices)
SERVE ORDERS
COLLECT PAYMENT
HIGHER COMPLEXITY/DIVERGENCE
Specific Table Selection
Recite Menu: Describe Entrees & Specials
Assortment of Hot Breads and Hors D’oeuvres
At table. Taken Personally by Maltre d’
Individually Prepared at table
Expand to 20 Choices: Add Flaming Dishes;
Bone Fish at Table; Prepare Sauces at Table
Expand to 12 Choices
Add Exotic Coffees; Sherbet between
Courses; Hand Grind Pepper
Choice of Payment. Including House Accounts:
Serve Mints
Taxonomy of Service Processes
Low divergence
(standardized service)
Processing
Processing
of goods
Information
Dry
Check
Cleaning
processing
Restocking Billing for a
a vending
credit card
machine
Ordering
groceries
from a home
computer
No
Customer
Contact
Indirect
customer
contact
Direct
Customer
Contact
No
customerservice
worker
interaction
(selfservice)
Customer
service
worker
interaction
Operating
a vending
machine
Assembling
premade
furniture
Food
service in a
restaurant
Hand car
washing
Withdrawing
cash from
an ATM
Giving a
lecture
Handling
routine bank
transactions
Processing
of people
High divergence
(customized service)
Processing
Processing
of goods
Information
Auto repair
Computer
Tailoring a
programming
suit
Designing a
b uilding
Processing
of people
Supervision
of a landing
by an air
controller
Operating
Sampling
Documenting
an elevator food at a
medical
Riding an
buffet dinner history
escalator
Bagging of
groceries
Searching for
information
in a library
Providing
Home
Portrait
public
carpet
painting
transportcleaning
Counseling
a tion
Landscaping
Providing
service
mass
vaccination
Driving a
rental car
Using a
health club
facility
Haircutting
Performing
a surgical
operation
Generic Approaches to Service Design
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Production-line
• Limit Discretion of Personnel
• Division of Labor
• Substitute Technology for People
• Standardize the Service
Customer as Coproducer
• Self Service
• Smoothing Service Demand
Customer Contact
• Degree of Customer Contact
• Separation of High and Low Contact Operations
Information Empowerment
• Employee
• Customer
Customer Value Equation
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Re sults Pr oduced  Pr ocessQuality 
Value 
Price  CostsofAcquiringtheService
Discussion Questions
What are the limits in the production-line
approach to service?
 Give an example of a service in which isolation of
the technical core would be inappropriate.
 What are some drawbacks of customer
participation in the service delivery process?
 What ethical issues are raised in the promotion of
sales during a service transaction?
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100 Yen Sushi House
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Prepare a service blueprint for the 100 Yen Sushi
House.
What features differentiate 100 Yen Sushi House
and how do they create a competitive advantage?
How has the 100 Yen Sushi House incorporated
the just-in-time system into its operations?
Suggest other services that could adopt the 100
Yen Sushi House service delivery concept.
100 Yen Sushi House Layout
Dishwashing Counter in Back
CONVERSATION AREA
Miso and Tea Station
CONVEYOR
BELT
CONVERSATION AREA
TAKE-OUT
POSITION
ENTRANCE
= CHEF
Commuter Cleaning - New Venture Proposal
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Prepare a service blueprint for Commuter
Cleaning.
What generic approach to service design is
illustrated by Commuter Cleaning, and what
competitive advantage does this offer?
Using the data in Table 4.6 calculate a break-even
price per shirt if monthly demand is expected to be
20,000 shirts and the contract with a cleaning plant
stipulates a charge of $0.50 per shirt.
Critique the business concept, and make
recommendations for improvement.
Golfsmith
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Prepare a service blueprint for Golfsmith.
What generic approach to service design
does Golfsmith illustrate and what
competitive advantages does this design
offer?
Why is Golfsmith a good candidate for
Internet sales?
INTERACTIVE CLASS EXERCISE
The class breaks into small groups and
prepares a service blueprint for Village
Volvo.