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2. How does the contemporary view of customers and suppliers differ from
the more traditional view?
The contemporary view differs from the traditional view as suppliers and
customers have more interaction with the company during the entire process of
producing a product. The facilitating of communications has opened many doors
to improve working relationships and increase quality customer service.
In a total quality setting, customers and suppliers exist inside and outside the
organization. Any employee whose work precedes that of another employee is a
supplier for that employee. Correspondingly, any employee whose work follows
that of another employee and it dependent on it in some way is a customer. In
this relationship, employee A is a supplier for employee B, and employee B is a
customer of employee A. this concept if dependency is critical in the supplier-
customer relationship. A customer, whether internal or external depends on
suppliers to provide work and produce quality products.
To retain customers over the long, organizations must turn them into
partners and proactively seek their input rather than waiting for and
reacting to feedback provided after a problem has occurred.
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6. How is customer satisfaction ensured?
A business that has a Customer focus is one which takes the time and trouble to
understand and address Customer needs.
To retain customers over the long term, organizations must turn them into
partners and proactively seek their input rather waiting for and reacting to
feedback provided after a problem has occurred.
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Communication skills.
4. Social relationship-discussion with a cup of coffee.
11. Explain briefly the concept of QFD and how it relates to customer
satisfaction.
13. Explain why just meeting customer specifications might not produce
customer satisfaction.
Customer satisfaction, customer value and customer loyalty are all indicators of
an animal we'll call "being customer focused." Customer satisfaction, value and
loyalty all indicate just how customer focused an organization truly is. Customer
satisfaction, value and loyalty are closely related. All three concepts work
together and are supported by good empirical evidence. A four-phase customer
loyalty model, explains the major relationships leading to customer loyalty. The
model begins with the customers' perceptions of an organization's performance.
These lead to the formation of global perceptions about the organization,
which then lead to loyalty behavior. Loyalty behavior leads to financial outcomes.
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improvement is: build up a toolbox for clients that is anything but difficult to
utilize, expand the adaptability of your generation forms, painstakingly select the
main clients to utilize your toolbox, consistently enhance your toolbox and do as
such rapidly to fulfill your best clients, and adjust your business practices to suit
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