Improving Service Quality in the Hospitality Industry

作者: Mahmoud M. Yasin , Ugur Yavas

DOI: 10.1300/J150V07N04_04

关键词: ManufacturingBusiness process reengineeringMarketingService qualityBenchmarkingBusinessRoot cause analysisHospitality industryQuality (business)Services marketing

摘要: Abstract To improve the quality of services delivered to customers, hotels can benefit from experiences manufacturing firms and employ process improvement philosophies/tools with proven track records in industries. This article presents a framework which integrates tools Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Benchmarking (BM), Reengineering (RE) Continuous Improvement (CI) within context Rapid Assessment Methodology (RAM). Application is illustrated potential benefits hotel derive implementation are discussed.

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