2. UNIT - I
What is service?
Services are deeds, processes and
performances.
- Zeithaml and Bitner
Conclude - services as activities,
benefits, or satisfactions that are
offered for sale or provided with sale
of goods to the customer, that is, pre-
sale and after-sales services.
3. SERVICE PRODUCT
A service is an intangible
product involving a deed,
a performance, or an
effort that cannot be
physically possessed.’
5. SERVICE ENVIRONMENT
All external conditions, whet
her natural or induced, to w
hich items of material are lik
ely tobe subjected througho
ut their life cycle.
10. SERVICE OPERATION SYSTEM
backstage activities, such
as staff training, stock
replenishment, etc., as well
as the front stage aspects
of the operation
13. CLASSIFICATION OF
SERVICE
1) Classification of service based on
tangible action
a) Services for people
b) Services for goods
2) Classification of services based on
intangibility
a) Services directed at people’s mind
b) Services directed at intangible assets
14.
15. A GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
Business services.
Communication services.
Construction and related engineering services.
Distribution services.
Educational services.
Environmental services.
Financial services.
Health-related and social services.
Tourism and travel-related services.
Recreational, cultural, and sporting services.
Transport services.
Other services not included elsewhere.