Customer Responsive Management

This book illustrates TQM concepts as they apply to service organizations where a product may or may not be involved. It addresses nine key management areas including cultivating relationships with customers and capacity management.

An Introduction to Customer Responsiveness. The Evolving Economic Focus: From Conquest to Relationship. Why Should Organizations Be Responsive?. Customer Responsiveness is Activity Based. The Customer-Responsive Model. Examples of Customer-Responsive Organizations. The Customer Relationship Management Task. Delivery Coordination Management Task. Customer-Responsive Demand Economics. Customer-Responsive Cost Economics. Customer-Responsive Pricing. The Customer-Responsive Organization. Customer-Responsive Information Infrastructure. Responsive Relationships. The Evolving Business Focus: Production to Customer Responsiveness. Index.