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SM Lecture 5b - Demand and Capacity
SM Lecture 5b - Demand and Capacity
Topics
Service blueprinting Design and layout of service delivery Capacity and demand management.
Learning Objectives
To understand the role of design and lay out in service delivery To be familiarise with the process of blueprinting of a service process To understand the role of customer in the service delivery process To understand the relationship between Capacity and demand To understand the use of an effective reservation system
Service Characteristics
Perishable
Demand and Capacity balance Promote specific periods when necessary Capacity cant be stored Inventory demand Use resources productively = increasing capacity
Inseparable
Design Customers involvement Into the delivery process Educate customers how it works Personal information = Important Managing customer behaviour
Hotel exterior, lobby, employees, key Make Customer reservation Actions Employee Actions Face-to-face Phone Contact Rep. records, confirms Valet Parks Car Enter data Register guest data
Check-in at reception
Receptionist verifies, gives key to room
Make up Room
What should a firm do about them? Try to avoid attracting potential jaycustomers Institute preventive measures Control abusive behavior quickly Take legal action against abusers BUT firm must act in ways that dont alienate other customers
TIME CYCLE 2
Lovelock and Wirtz (2004:260)
The did not put in place the right infrastructure to deal with that.
People became agitated and eventually they started trying to charges the doors
Stretch or shrink
offer inferior extra capacity at peaks (e.g. bus as alternative to train) vary seated space per customer (e.g. elbow room, leg room) extend/cut hours of service
Single line, single server, single stage Single line, single servers at sequential stages Parallel lines to multiple servers
29
25
21 20 24
27
23
Tailoring Queuing Systems to Market Segments: Criteria for Allocation to Designated Lines Urgency of job
emergencies vs. non-emergencies
Importance of customer
frequent users/loyal customers vs. others
Setting Capacity Allocation Sales Targets for a Hotel by Segment and Time Period
Capacity (% rooms)
100%
Week 7
(Low Season)
Week 36
(High Season) Executive service guests
50%
Weekend package
Transient guests
W/E package
Time
Tu
Th
Sn
(Fig. 9-5)