Title :
An Evaluation Method for Service in the Point of Customers´ View
Author :
Yoshimitsu, Yohei ; Hara, Tatsunori ; Arai, Tamio ; Shimomura, Yoshiki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precision Eng., Univ. of Tokyo
Abstract :
To reconsider the current mass production paradigm and to make products have more added values, we need new engineering methods to focus on services, rather than just functions, called "service engineering". Service engineering aims to provide practically usable design methods for service. Until now, we proposed models and description methods for service and offered a prototype of service CAD system that enables service designers to describe, evaluate and simulate services on computer. However, evaluation method by the viewpoint of customer, which needed for making a comparison between candidates, is not available so far. Moreover, although there are some methods to evaluate value are discussed in existing field like Marketing and Engineering, they could not represent degrees of value. This paper aims at proposing a novel method to evaluate service and to point out customers\´ satisfaction quantitatively by using measurable attribute value of service
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; customer satisfaction; marketing; mass production; prototypes; service industries; Kano model; Prospect theory; customers satisfaction; customers view; marketing; mass production paradigm; prototypes; service CAD system; service designers; service engineering; value evaluation method; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Customer satisfaction; Design automation; Design engineering; Design methodology; Manufacturing; Mass production; Precision engineering; Virtual prototyping; Customer Satisfaction; Kano Model; Prospect Theory; Service Engineering; Value Evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Service Systems and Service Management, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Troyes
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0450-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0451-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSSM.2006.320580