Design and Management Service Processes or Cases in International Finance

Design and Management Service Processes: Keeping Customers for Life

Author: Rohit Ramaswamy

In recent times, the role of service has become a critical differentiator between companies that are merely ordinary and those that are truly exceptional. Companies can create and maintain a competitive advantage and can keep loyal customers returning for life by consistently delivering a level of service that delights customers. To do this, exceptional quality needs to be designed into the service when it is first created, and maintained through the life of the service.

This book, intended for managers in both manufacturing and service industries, shows you how to design customer delighting service by applying well known Total Quality Development (TQD) and Total Quality Management (TQM) principles. The book is a detailed, step-by-step guide that describes the state-of-the art tools and methods such as Quality Function Deployment, Functional Analysis, Experimental Design and Simulation that you need to create, implement, manage and improve the processes by which service is provided so that you can consistently exceed your customers' expectations and keep your firm competitive in your industry.

In this book, through numerous examples and a single, large-scale case study, you will learn how to determine customers' expectations for the service, how to develop design specifications based on a quantitative assessment of the impact of meeting these expectations on customer satisfaction, how to generate and evaluate different service design solutions based on these specifications to select the solutions that deliver the highest performance at the most reasonable cost, and how to monitor and continually improve your designed services. At every point, the book offers concrete andspecific recommendations that can be immediately applied to your business for real improvements in service quality and customer satisfaction.

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Shows managers in the manufacturing and service industries how to apply TQM and TQD principles to customer service, describing tools and methods such as functional analysis, experimental design, and simulation. Presents a conceptual framework called the Service Design and Management Model, offering step-by-step instructions, examples, specific recommendations, and a case study. Includes a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Cases in International Finance

Author: Harvey A Poniachek

This new addition to the Wiley Financial Series is edited by a practitioner and teacher of the topic. It includes 35 cases on various aspects of international finance that can be used in any advanced course on the subject covering areas such as international financial markets; foreign exchange; foreign investment; international accounting and taxation; and financing international operations.

Table of Contents:

Partial table of contents:
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
Atlantic Financial Services, Ltd. (H. Poniachek).
Societe Montage (M. Dowling).
Metro Corporation, Inc. (S. Mangiero).
CURRENCY EXPOSURE, PRICE EXPOSURE, AND HEDGING.
The International Chemical Corporation, Inc. (H. Poniachek).
ABC Airlines (V. Bansal, et al.).
CORPORATE FUNDING AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE.
Hydro-Quebec (G. Stanley & C. Deshayes).
Guinness Peat Aviation (F. Bradley).
INTERNATIONAL CASH AND WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT.
World Tours, Inc. (J. Marshall, et al.).
INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT.
Templeton Growth Fund, Inc. (H. Poniachek).
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGETING: DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT.
IBM and Thailand (T. Pugel & J. Lee).
The FMC Corporation (H. Poniachek).
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE TAXATION.
Irving Oil Versus the Queen (A. Rugman & A. Verbeke).
Mobil Corporation (H. Poniachek).
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ANALYSIS.
The EC-1992 Program (H. Poniachek).
The Chip War (R. Moxon).