Exam 18: Managing Service and Manufacturing Operations

Courtney recently ordered a few books online. However, she received the wrong order. She was completely dissatisfied and returned the books. She then wrote to the customer service expressing her anger. In response, the manager of the store sent her an apology via e-mail. He also sent her the books she ordered and refunded her money. Courtney was impressed and ordered books only from that store thereafter. In this scenario, the process adopted by the online store to regain Courtney's trust is called _____.

If a machine requires 8 hours to produce 35 M10 bolts, the productivity of the machine will be _____.

Service capability is an ongoing commitment to increase product and service quality by constantly assessing and improving the processes and procedures used to create those products and services.

The Cabin Retreat is a chain of hotels where part of employees' monthly bonus depends on customer satisfaction. Ninety percent of the incentive is based on performance and the remaining ten percent is based on customer satisfaction ratings and the quality of service. In this case, The Cabin Retreat is committed to _____.