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An Overview of Service Design
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-478-EService and Operations ManagementThe purpose of this note is to review service design and new service development literature. In order to provide a comprehensive outlook on the subject, the note starts by reviewing the main concepts of product development and their applicability to service design. It then proceeds to describe the main ideas regarding service design and their linkage to the world of operations.Starting at €8.20
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The Service Activity Sequence in Healthcare
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-485-EService and Operations ManagementImprovement in service operations is a key element in Health Care. Starting from the frame of reference provided by the Service Activity Sequence (SAS)[ [Muñoz-Seca, 2011], this note presents experiences on SAS activities. This note provides a brief summary of SAS and expands on examples on how health care providers are dealing with some of the SAS activities.Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Making Safe Water Products More Affordable
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT109-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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Google Car
Lakhani, Karim R.; Weber, James; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-614022-EService and Operations ManagementBy 2013, Google, while not a traditional manufacturer of automobiles, had invested millions of dollars in its self-driving cars which had logged over 500,000 miles of testing. The Google management team faced several questions. Should Google continue to invest in the technology behind self-driving cars? How could Google's core software-based and search business benefit from self-driving car technology? As large auto manufacturers began to invest ...Starting at €8.20
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The Thermostat Industry: Transformation from Analog to Digital
Lakhani, Karim R.; Herman, Kerry; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-615038-EService and Operations ManagementThis note examines the evolution of the thermostat industry as it transitioned from analog to digital technologies. It presents an overview of key industry participants and the shift in value creation and value capture models for firms.Starting at €8.20
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Viacom: Democratization of Data Science
Greenstein, Shane; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-618016-EService and Operations ManagementIn two short years, Viacom's Data Science & Advanced Analytics team built a web platform called Science Central that allowed employees from Viacom's 20+ cable networks to access television audience insights through three data science apps. In the past, employees would have approached the team to carry out these requests. Vice President of Data and Audience Development Fabio Luzzi, who oversaw the 10-person team, believed that making data science ...Starting at €8.20
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Métodos de optimización japoneses
Arenas, Rocio; Munoz-Seca, BeatrizTechnical Note PN-490Service and Operations ManagementEn esta nota técnica presentamos una serie de herramientas de la industria de la fabricación japonesa. Tras examinar la literatura existente, hemos seleccionado cinco métodos específicos: 5S, Hoshin Kanri, Taguchi, Jidoka y Takt Time. Aunque han sido diseñadas para su aplicación en la industria de la fabricación, sería posible analizar su implantación en otros ámbitos. Su aplicación en el sector terciario, por ejemplo, podría dar lugar a nuevas ...Starting at €8.20
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Una visión general del diseño de servicios
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-478Service and Operations ManagementEl propósito de esta nota es analizar la literatura sobre el diseño de servicios y el desarrollo de nuevos servicios. Para trazar una panorámica integral de la cuestión, la nota comenta en primer lugar los conceptos más importantes del desarrollo de productos y su aplicación en el ámbito del diseño de servicios. A continuación se describen las ideas principales sobre el diseño de servicios y su relación con el mundo de las operaciones.Starting at €8.20
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Demanda de nuevas prestaciones
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-489Service and Operations ManagementLa demanda de nuevas prestaciones o NFD (del inglés new features demand) es una nueva actividad en la estructura operativa de los servicios de una empresa. Su objetivo es sacar el máximo provecho de la interacción entre el agente que presta el servicio y el cliente. Esto se traduce en nuevos servicios y nuevas prestaciones para los servicios ya existentes. Las empresas sacarían mucho provecho de sus agentes de servicio extrayendo nuevas ideas que...Starting at €8.20
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New Features Demand
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-489-EService and Operations ManagementNew Features Demand is a new activity for the firm's service operational structure. Its purpose is to unleash all the potential in the agent-client service encounter. This will translate into new services or new service features. Companies can benefit greatly from their service workforce by extracting new ideas that can help them improve their competitive advantage. This note describes observation and active listening as the two main techniques t...Starting at €8.20