Quality Management

Delivering Excellent Service: Lessons from the Best Firms

Robert Ford, Cherrill Heaton, Stephen Brown


Abstract
Delivering excellent service is a challenge for most organizations. While many aspire to it, the evidence from customer satisfaction surveys indicates that too few firms are able to deliver service excellence. On the other hand, some organizations consistently deliver excellent service. This article reviews ten lessons these benchmark service organizations have learned and shows how these organizations use them to meet and exceed the ever-rising expectations of their customers. These lessons can be emulated by any organization seeking such excellence.
Fall 2001

Volume 44
Issue 1


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