Profiting from services and solutions : what product-centric firms need to know /

Designed for executives in companies that manufacture or sell products, this book outlines the challenges of launching a service and solutions business within a product-oriented organization. The target audience-- manufacturers, industrial suppliers, technology firms, and other vendors of business g...

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Main Authors: Zeithaml, Valarie A., (Author), Salas, Jim., (Author), Bitner, Mary Jo., (Author), Brown, Stephen Walter, 1943-, (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Service systems and innovations in business and society collection.
2014 digital library.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-114) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: transitioning from products to services and solutions -- The service infusion continuum -- Company configuration for services and solutions -- Capabilities: skills, training, and technology -- Customization: balancing uniqueness with operational realities -- Collaboration with customers: engaging customers in service and solution design, development, and challenges to offering new services and solutions -- Conclusion: cultivating a service and solution -- Appendix 1. Research approach, resources, and methodology -- Appendix 2. Company interview guide -- About the authors -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
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520 3 |a Designed for executives in companies that manufacture or sell products, this book outlines the challenges of launching a service and solutions business within a product-oriented organization. The target audience-- manufacturers, industrial suppliers, technology firms, and other vendors of business goods--views services and solutions as a means to financial growth, reduced revenue volatility, greater differentiation from the competition, increased share of customer budget, and improved customer satisfaction, loyalty, and lock-in. The authors visualize the transition from products sold to services rendered and identify the challenges that leaders will face during the transformation. To overcome those challenges, the book shows leaders how to manage change in five areas: corporate structure; corporate culture; organizational metrics of performance, growth and investment; individual skills and talent development; and core competencies of collaboration and customization. 
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650 0 |a Service industries. 
650 0 |a Manufacturing industries. 
650 0 |a Production management. 
650 0 |a New products. 
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653 |a solutions marketing 
653 |a servitization 
653 |a service- oriented 
653 |a service transition 
653 |a service strategies 
653 |a service scorecard 
653 |a service marketing 
653 |a service leadership 
653 |a service innovation 
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653 |a service design 
653 |a service continuum 
653 |a service-centered, 
653 |a product-service systems 
653 |a organizational culture 
653 |a integrated solutions 
653 |a integrated product services 
653 |a growth through service 
653 |a customization 
653 |a customer centricity 
653 |a collaboration 
653 |a classification of services 
653 |a change management 
653 |a business-to-business 
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