E.V.Duvanskaya , E.S.Alehina, Zh.V.Gornostaeva , N.A.Kuhmistrova

Institute of service and business (branch) Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Professional Educational «Don State Technical University»

 

Catering companies: the concept and substance of

a client-oriented service

 

Today in Russia there is a restructuring of the growing service sector of the economy and therefore entails significant social, political and cultural changes in society. Clear manifestation of these trends is the constant increase in the number of employees in service , in particular the growing number of food service, such as cafes , restaurants, bars . But their success depends on the level of demand of enterprise customer. A distinctive feature of this service is that it is produced and consumed simultaneously , resulting in the highest value orientation catering for maximum customer satisfaction . [1] This property is usually called a Client-oriented.

Now the concept of the Client-oriented has no scientific definition of sustainable. Most accurately the term was formulated  by Ryzhkovski B. [2]. In his formulation of « the client-oriented - is a tool of customer relationship management , which aims to get healthy profits in the long term and based on three criteria : a core competence , target customers and equality positions».

The principle of the client-oriented is firmly established in the theories of service management. Potential the client-oriented approach is not limited to the operating level. When the fullness of the implementation of this approach should be Customer Centricity characteristic of the enterprise supply among the priorities which place the client's interests should be clearly defined

The client-oriented and the competitiveness are similar concept. The difference that competitiveness implies conformity to the organization in general market conditions , and the client-oriented reflects the extent to which the enterprise expectations. In connexion with this, it is more caractly to speak about the strategic management of The Client-oriented, because the company , which is guided by the interests of the client in its activities , opts for long-term client relationships , often abandoning the immediate benefits.

Systematization of publications devoted to the study of Customer Centricity enterprises, allows you to select a customer-service structural elements (Fig. 1).  

Fig.1 - structural elements of the client-oriented service

 

Some of these elements include business processes that represent the organization accessible system sales services and related products, customer segmentation, based on the development of special techniques for working with each segment or the most valuable customers, the availability of policy formation customer base, key ways to define its goals , priorities, and resources. Important element of building the client-oriented approach is the creation of regulations and codes personnel work with clients, Code of clients' rights and control of compliance, adherence to the principle of totality level of client work, implying that compliance with the requirement of quality interaction with customers at all points of contact. No less important is also catering culture, business communication with customers by methods such as the use of the Internet service, the creation of remote terminals, regular management meetings with key clients. To maintain the already achieved level of customer satisfaction and growth potential of the formation of the company in this direction also requires the organization of regular training of staff, monitoring the quality of customer service, customer satisfaction assessment of the services provided. [3]

The client-oriented processes should be focused primarily on the individual - the client catering. Processes should be focused on the other person - the person to whom the same processes help simplify the very work, the result of which may be referred to as the client-oriented service.

 

Literature

1.                 Molev, M.D. Effektivnaya sfera uslug v sisteme bazovyh faktorov ustoychivogo razvitiya regiona : monografiya M.D. Molev, E.V.Duvanskaya, E.S.Alehina. Shahty : GOU VPO «YuRGUES», 2009. -133 p.

2.                 Ryzhkovskij B. Kogda klient golosuet den'gami? Upravlenie kompaniej. – 2010 – ¹ 7. http: www.advertology.ru/article27313.htm

3.                 Evgenij Dobrjanskij «Klientoorientirovannyj servis – servis, dostojnyj Dam i Gospod», 2013 Jelektronnyj resurs cityclass.rusite /files/site_masterclass/d1/479/