A Complete and Balanced Service Scorecard: Creating Value Through Sustained Performance Improvement
by Rajesh K. Tyagi, Praveen Gupta
Chapter 3. Six Sigma for Services
As discussed in the previous chapters, significant differences exist between an offering provided by a manufacturing firm and that provided by a service firm. Salient characteristics of service operations systems are customer participation in the service process, the interdependent and dynamic nature of the service system’s steps, the intangibility of the offering, and the perishable nature of the offering. The previous chapters also mentioned a few types of performance management systems. One of these methodologies, Six Sigma, has been applied extensively in the manufacturing context. The application of the Six Sigma methodology within the service context, however, becomes a challenging task due to the differences ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access