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Process is now regarded as the 7th P. For the service market to achieve his strategic goal. Customers tend to perceive the service delivery system as part of the service itself.
Blueprinting
Blueprinting is flowcharting of a service operation. The service encounter is difficult to describe with accuracy and therefore there is a lot of subjectivity in its analysis. This inconsistency (variability) prevents quality measurement and which seek to map the service process. With such a map and scripts, it is possible to be systematic in the encounter analysis. This process is called blueprinting.
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To facilitate maximum satisfaction to the customers, more inputs were added to the service delivery. Service evolved from very simple steps to complex process, and there arose a need for the marketer to get a bird's eye view of the whole process. This methodology was devised by Lyn Shostack in 1984, to help out new service firms in mapping the sequences before the beginning of service delivery or any encounter.
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Why blueprinting?
Through Blueprinting, marketing and operations personnel are able to communicate with each other on paper before they do so in real time. It provides check on logical flow of the whole process. Bottlenecks represent points in a system where the consumer waits the longest. This identification would help the service manager understand the reasons for the delay and come out with solutions. Balanced production line: this implies that process times and inventories of all steps are the same. If not, the consumer never waits for the next process. It is an effective tool for managers to recognize the benefits of changing system to process consumer more effectively. It helps the market to set target times initially based on consumers expected level of service.