sanmit (customer service)

1. Customer Service

By Sanmit Karandikar.

Batch H5.

Frankfinn Institute of Airhostess Training.

Assessor Mr. Rohan Miranda.

I take this humble opportunity to thank the Frankfinn Institute for giving me such a great exposure to the Service Industry.

I would also like to thank Mr. Rohan Miranda for teaching us the highs and lows of the Customer Service Industry and making us tackle any situation in our future life.

The most important person in any business.

Is not dependent on us.We are dependent on them.

Is not an interruption of our work, but the purpose of it.

Is part of our business not an outsider.

Does us a favor when they come in.

We arent doing them a favor by serving them.

A customer is not just money in the cash register. They are human beings with feelings and deserve to be treated with respect.

Is a person who comes to us with their needs and wants. It is our job to fill them.

The Customer is the business biggest asset

The Customer pays all our salaries wages and bonuses

The customer will go where he/she receives the best attention

There is no profit, no growth, no jobs without the customer

Hence, You must be your customers best choice!

Please write a One Sentence Definition of

CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Any or all interactions which the customer has with your organization while conducting business.

It is the ability to provide a service or product in the way it has been promised.

It is also about treating customers with respect, individuality, and personal attention.

G Greet the customer

U Understand customer needs

E Explain features and benefits

S Suggest additional items

T Thank the customer

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Good service is when the customer gets

treatment that meets his/her expectations.

Bad Service is when customer gets treatment

which is less than his/her expectations.

When the customer gets a little more than what

he/she expected, Good Service becomes Excellent Service

Internal Customers

External Customers

An individual or a group of people you may

Interact / serve within the organization

Eg: IT, Cafeteria, Logistics, HR,Facilities, Housekeeping

Internal Customers:

Many people deal with customers WITHIN their own companies.

Internal customers are those people and employees who might use your services and products, who reside in the same company.

For example the computer department, and human resources department serve internal needs.

Someone who comes to your organization

for products or services the end customer

These customers depend on the timelines,

quality, and accuracy of your organizations

External Customers:

To my understanding, an external customer is the ordinary customers that purchase the companies products.

It's a common idea in Marketing or Management, that it's important to value or satisfy not only the external customer, but also the internal customer.

A successful company not only must sell well, but also have good employees that are willing to work their best for their company.

Last week I gave a visit to a popular O hotel for a dinner.

As a privileage, I have a membership of the hotel on which I get a discount on the food.

The way they treat privileaged members is awesome.

You feel like you are the king.

They treat you like a VIP.

When I went there, I was on the waiting list because of the Saturday night rush.

I asked for a pool-side table which I didnt know was asked by another customer before me.

As the table was cleared, he called me before the other guy even if he was first on the waiting list.

When he saw that, he was very angry towards the attitude of the manager.

In this case I was the internal customer because of my frequent visits to the hotel and the other guy was an external customer, a complete stranger.

1.Friendliness Friendliness is the most basic of all customers needs, usually associated with being greeted graciously and with warmth.

We all want to be acknowledged and welcomed by someone who sincerely is glad to see us.

A customer shouldnt feel they are an intrusion on the service providers work day!

2.Understanding and empathy Customers need to feel that the service person understands and appreciates their circumstances and feelings without criticism or judgment.

Customers have simple expectations that we who serve them can put ourselves in their shoes, understanding what it is they came to us for in the first place.

3.FairnessWe all need to feel we are being treated fairly.

Customers get very annoyed and defensive when they feel they are subject to any class distinctions.

No one wants to be treated as if they fall into a certain category, left wondering if the grass is greener on the other side and if they only received second best.

4.ControlControl represents the customers need to feel they have an impact on the way things turn out.

Our ability to meet this need for them comes from our own willingness to say yes much more than we say no.

Customers dont care about policies and rules; they want to deal with us in all our reasonableness.

5.Options and alternatives Customers need to feel that other avenues are available to getting what they want accomplished.

They realize that they may be charting virgin territory, and they depend on us to be in the know and provide them with the inside scoop.

They get pretty upset when they feel they have spun their wheels getting something done, and we knew all along a better way, but never made the suggestion.

6.Information Tell me, show me everything! Customers need to be educated and informed about our products and services, and they dont want us leaving anything out!

They dont want to waste precious time doing homework on their own they look to us to be their walking, talking, information central.

These basic need in my case was the need of a table for dinner.

We could see that the hotel manager preferred to meet my needs before the other guy.

The manager could not meet the needs for the other guy even if he was an external customer.

He should have shown understanding, friendliness, fairness, control, knowledge.

He could have come up with an alternative solution.

When he knew that I was the second choice, he should have acted accordingly and went as per the rules.

A customer is a customer whether internal or external.

Customer perception and service evaluation both are co-related.

If then service provided by us is up to the customers perception and expectations then that creates a happy customer that helps us in our organizations growth.

In an organization we are not just selling our products we are in fact rendering our service also.

Attracting new customers costs more than retaining existing customers.

Customer service costs real money.

Understand your customers needs and meet them.

Good process and product design is important.

Customer service must be consistent.

Open all communication channels.

Every customer contact is a chance to shine.

People expect good customer service everywhere.

Treat every customer equally.

I would ensure that I prepare a list of customers in case of waiting.

That would help me in arranging tables for the customers on numbering basis.

If a reservation is done before hand, I would place a reserved plate on the desired table.

In case of a privileaged member, I would go according the rules.

Whether the customer is internal or external, I would treat him as CUSTOMER.

This shows my fairness to everybody If the member is not in the mood of waiting, I would suggest some other good alternatives.

If any problem occurs, I would give some discount so that the customer does not leave with mere satisfaction but with great delight.

I would act according to the situation so that I ensure that the customer comes again and again.

I will always help my hotel in building the business.

In this assignment I was able to understand the co-relation between customer satisfaction & customer expectation & also the inter relation between customer perception and customer satisfaction.

I could also understand how feedbacks are important in the growth of our company.

Self experience was used in this presentation and no other references.

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