Service Chain Management Technology Innovation for the Service Business

Service chain management enables service organisations to improve customer satisfaction and reduce operational costs through intelligent and optimised forecasting, planning and scheduling of the service chain, and its associated resources such as people, networks and other assets. The area is quite...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Voudouris, Christos, Owusu, Gilbert (Author), Dorne, Raphael (Author), Lesaint, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Defining and Understanding Service Chain Management
  • Defining and Understanding Service Chain Management
  • Customer Service: Emerging Requirements and Trends
  • Customer Service: Emerging Requirements and Trends
  • Resource Planning
  • Strategic Resource Planning
  • Forecasting and Demand Planning
  • Tactical Resource Planning and Deployment
  • Network Planning for Telecom and Utilities
  • Reservation Management and Resource Scheduling
  • Reservation Management and Resource CRM
  • Demand Pricing and Revenue Management
  • Personnel Shift Scheduling and Rostering
  • Work Allocation and Scheduling
  • People and Attendance Management
  • Process, Communications and Information
  • Flexible Workflows
  • Personalised Communications
  • Predictive Customer Analytics and Real-Time Business Intelligence
  • The Agile Delivery of Service Chain Management Solutions
  • The Future Service Chain
  • Collaborative Demand Forecasting in Service Chains
  • Business to Business Online Revenue Management
  • Electronic Marketplaces and Resource Exchanges
  • Multi-Agent Systems for Staff Empowerment
  • Epilogue
  • A Practical Guide to Benefit Realisation