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OPS Unit 1+2
OPS Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hospitality | quality of being welcoming and accommodating, especially to strangers |
| customer service | is about meeting the needs of your customers and helping them to solve any problems they may have |
| intangibility | they are not physical not tangible |
| heterogeneity | they are difficult to standardise, every time delivered it will be different, because of the need of customers |
| inseparability | their production and consumption are simultaneous, the service provider its often physically present when its consumption by a customer takes place |
| perishability | they can't be stored |
| service operations management | transforming inputs into higher value outputs effectively and efficiently |
| operations perspective | emphasises the efficient use of resources and processes in the input-transformation-output process |
| customer perspective | emphasises the "products", experience and benefits as perceived by the customer |
| operations managers responsibilities | -framing service operations -understanding service people -delivering service -improving service operations |
| operations management | the management of processes that transform input into goods and services, that add value to the customer |
| service concept | detailed explanation of what is to be done for the customer and how this is to be achieved |
| "outside in" | customer perspective |
| "inside out" | opereations perespective |
| structure of service concept | 1. the organization responsible for the service 2. the organizing idea 3. summary of the service concept 4. details of the service provided 5. service received by customer groups |
| service outcomes | "products", benefits, emotions |
| production system | utilizes operational resources to transform inputs into some desired outcome. Inputs can be raw materials, customers, or finished products from another system |
| operational system | resources can be characterized using the five Ps of operations management: people, plants, parts, processes, and planning and control systems |