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ADAPTING THE QFD APPROACH TO EXTENDED SERVICE TRANSACTIONS
Author(s) -
Michael Laurette Dubé,
Johnson D.,
Renaghan Leo Mark
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
production and operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.279
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1937-5956
pISSN - 1059-1478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1999.tb00310.x
Subject(s) - quality function deployment , interview , service (business) , process management , service design , computer science , adaptation (eye) , service level objective , service quality , voice of the customer , service delivery framework , house of quality , business , process (computing) , knowledge management , marketing , customer advocacy , customer retention , new product development , physics , political science , law , operating system , optics
This paper proposes an adaptation of quality function deployment (qfd) for services, more specifically extended service transactions. We propose two modifications to service applications of Qfd. One is the inclusion of higher‐level customer needs (consequences, benefits, experiences, and personal values) to incorporate the experiential and personal nature of extended service transactions into the process. The second modification is to use customers' knowledge and expertise regarding service production and delivery as input beyond the house of quality. An interviewing method is proposed for a comprehensive assessment of customer needs at multiple levels. Results from an empirical application of this technique to luxury business hotels support the proposed modifications to Qfd to increase its potential for application to services.