Slide 1:The Customer is the King. Quality is what customer wants. TQM’s purpose is meeting customer expectations. Customer satisfaction must be the primary goal of any organization. Therefore Every employee should understand the importance of customer. Customer Satisfaction


Slide 2:WHO ARE THE CUSTOMERS? Important people in business. Not dependent on org. organization depends. Not interruption but purpose of work. Doing a favour when they seek business but not vice versa. Life blood of business. A part of business, not outsiders.


TYPES OF CUSTOMERS :TYPES OF CUSTOMERS Two Types Internal customers External customers Internal Customers Customers inside the company. Every person in the process. Each dept is customer of another.


Slide 4:External Customer Who uses the product Who purchases the product Who influences the sale of product CUSTOMER PERCEPTION OF QUALITY Quality is what customer perceives to be. Customer change their needs


Slide 5:Quality is what customer perceives to be. customer needs goes on changes Quality level needs are to be improved accordingly. ASQ survey ranked six customer perceptions. Customer perception of Quality


Slide 6:Performance Fitness for use Product/ service is ready for use. Availability Reliability Maintainability Features Secondary character Extra facilities


Slide 7:3. Service Provide the service at right time, even though the customer don’t complaint. 4. Warranty Represents a promise of a quality product. Force the org to focus on customer needs. Forces the org to correct the action system. It attracts and build the market


Slide 8:5. Price Nowadays customer is ready to give high price towards Quality. Expects to get good product in lower price. Customer’s perception of value is continuously changing. To Succeed the org should identify, verify the perception of value.


Slide 9:6. Reputation Customer wills to buy product from a known company. Reputation brings market to the Org. So org should strive for customer for life.


Slide 10:Satisfied customer contributes 2.6 times as a satisfied customer. Satisfied customer contributes 17 times as a dissatisfied customer. A Dissatisfied customer decreases 1.8 times of a totally satisfied customer. Dissatisfied customer should be reduced. Therefore feedback and suggestions should be monitored. CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS


Slide 11:Discover customer dissatisfaction Identify customer needs Discover priorities of Quality Compare performance with the competition. Determine opportunities for improvement. WHY CUSTOMER FEEDBACK


Slide 12:Comment cards - attached to warranty card. Customer Questionnaire - survey –mail/e-mail/ telephone. Focus groups – customer meeting/ discussions. Toll free telephone numbers Customer visit. Internet- Bulletin Boards. Employee feedback. TOOLS FOR COLLECTING CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS


Slide 13:Set of activities an org uses to satisfy customers. BEFORE / DURING / AFTER THE SALE. Elements of Customer service Jacques Horvitz and Chan Cudennec-poon ~25 elements of customer service SERVICE QUALITY / CUSTOMER SERVICE


Slide 14:ORGANIZATION identify each market segment. Write down the requirements. Communicate the requirements. Organize processes. organize physical spaces.


Slide 15:CUSTOMER CARE Meet the customer’s expectations. Get the customers point of view. Deliver what is promised. Make the customer feel valued. Respond to all complaints. Over-respond to the customer. Provide a clean and comfortable customer reception area.


Slide 16:COMMUNICATION Optimize the swap between time and personal attention. Minimize the number of contact points. Provide pleasant, knowledgeable and enthusiastic employees. Write documents in customer friendly language.


Slide 17:FRONT LINE PEOPLE Optimize the swap between time and personal attention. Minimize the number of contact points. Provide pleasant, knowledgeable and enthusiastic employees. Write documents in customer friendly language.


Slide 18:LEADERSHIP Lead by Example. Listen to the frontline people. Strive for the continuous process improvement.


CUSTOMER RETENTION :CUSTOMER RETENTION Process of retaining the existing customers. Customer retention is powerful than customer satisfaction. Research 60% revenue- existing customer 96% customer don’t complaint- but share with others. 91% unhappy customer- never purchase goods again. 82-95% customer retain if responded properly. It costs 5 times to attract a new customer.