Manage product support services
Major battle ground for Competitive Advantage
Significant percentage of PROFITS
What WORRIES does a customer have about product services ????
Reliability and failure
• Service dependability
•Out of pocket expenses
Manufactures provide facilitating Services May also offer value augmenting services
One has to pay for product services
Customer service EVolutiON
Low prices for the products
High price for components and service
Intermediaries are
Closer to customers Operated in more places Can offer quicker services
Customer service imperative
Choices are increasing rapidly
Manufactures must figure out a way to make money on their equipment rather relying on the services they provide
Better marketers think good
Created by : Anant Shankar Tripathi
SCAC, Pune
during an internship by
Prof. Sameer Mathur
IIM , Luchknow