Vietnam national university, HANOI school of business Phạm Thị Hương IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE QUALITY THE CASE OF TECHCOMBANK CARD SERVICE Major: Business Administration Code: 60 34 05 Master of business administration thesis Supervisors: Dr. Tran Đoan Kim Hanoi – 2010 TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. vi LIST OF TABLES.
ix LIST OF FIGURES. 1 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW .1 Service marketing mix in banks.1 Service marketing mix.2 Service marketing mix in banks.2 What determines customer satisfaction? .3 Service quality and GAP model. 13 CHAPTER 2: TECHCOMBANK CASE STUDY .1 Status of Techcombank and introduction of its card service .1 Techcombank Personal cards and card services.1 Prospects of card in Vietnam market.2 The strategy to develop card.3 Some successes and ambituous plan of card development.2 Card issuing, using and payment Processes and activities.2 A review of Techcombank’s previous survey on card service: Customer satisfaction on card services.2 Sizes and methods: .1 Attendees and effective zone:. 32 vi TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.1 Total samples and feedback percentages.2 The specific Results of Customer satisfaction on card services of Techcombank.3 Focus group and in depth-interview for updated status of customer service quality.2 In depth-interview.1 Customer GAP analysis.2 Provider GAP analysis.
Failure in Providing in line with the standards and the designed services. Failure to meet the technological requirements needed for the work .2 Failure in providing good consultancy to let the customers see which of their needs are met and what they can request with the service.3 Difficulties in quality management and assurance.2 “Barking dogs seldom bite” (Inconsistency) in retail sales activities.3 The training for the customer service staff has not been paid proper attention, resulting in poor quality in providing the consultancy to the customers, and sometimes generating the inconsistency in the customer service among the units.1 Invest more in technology for card and card management.2 Improve training process and focus on customer service training for new staff before having them applied.3 Build an effective mechanism on quality management saparatedly.4 Establish a specific team to do customer care. 83 vii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com LIST OF REFERENCES. 91 viii TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com LIST OF TABLES Table M2: Added elements of marketing mix.4 Table M1: Elements of traditional marketing mix.6 Table 1: Rate of increased investment capital for accompanied products and service.28 Table 2: Total of Card issued by years.29 Table 3: Survey Systematic Sampling with criteria of Debit amount for 4 cities.
33 Table 4: Survey feedbacks.34 Table 5: Survey feedback devided by amounts.34 Table 6: Percentage on time using card.35 Table 7: Total feedbacks on normal issuance time.35 Table 8: Total feedbacks on quick issuance time.36 Table 9: Total feedbacks on home-banking regislation.36 Table 10: Total feedbacks on home-banking usage.36 Table 11: Feedbacks on Errors.37 Table 12: Average points for feedbacks on Errors.38 Table 13: Feedback on service staff 1.38 Table 14: Feedback on service staff 2.38 Table 15: Important/satisfaction criterion on customers’ point.39 Table 16: Customer satisfaction on service staff.39 Table 17: Satisfaction degree on home-banking service.40 Table 18: Total overall satisfaction on card service.40 Table 19: Customer satisfaction on Enthusiastic bank staff.42 Table 20: Customer satisfaction on home-banking.43 Table 21: Customer feedbacks on errors.43 Table 22: Customer satisfaction on main service criterion.44 ix TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.com Table 23: General satisfaction degree on card service.44 Table 24: Customer expectation on Card service.44 Table 25: Customer support for Card in 2009.47 Table 26: Gap on customer satisfaction.51 Table 27: Card issuance productivity calculation for old machine.55 Table 28: Card issuance productivity calculation for current machines.56 Table 29: Quality indicators of North collection 2009.66 Table 30: Quality indicators of North collection 2009.66 Table 31: Comparision on cost serving estimation with high-tech support.74 x TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.service LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.2: Key factors leading to provider gap 1.3: Key factors leading to provider gap 2.4: Key factors leading to provider gap 3.5: Key factors leading to provider gap 4.6: Gaps model of service quality.1: Card issue procedure.service TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.service INTRODUCTION Necessity of the thesis Banking operations are becoming increasingly customer dictated. The demand for 'banking supermalls' offering one-stop integrated financial services is well on the rise. The ability of banks to offer clients access to several markets for different classes of financial instruments has become a valuable competitive edge. Excellent customer service can improve the bank's ability to lure affluent prospects, elevate the bank's profitability, lower bank operation costs, and/or create greater customer loyalty.
Customer requirements and satisfaction are the term many people talking about nowaday. The customer's requirements must be translated and quantified into measurable targets. This provides an easy way to monitor improvements, and deciding upon the attributes that need to be concentrated on in order to improve customer satisfaction. We can recognize where we need to make changes to create improvements and determine if these changes, after implemented, have led to increased customer satisfaction.
"If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it." - Lord William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907). With better understanding of customers' perceptions, companies can determine the actions required to meet the customers' needs. They can identify their own strengths and weaknesses, where they stand in comparison to their competitors, chart out path future progress and improvement. Customer satisfaction measurement helps to promote an increased focus on customer outcomes and stimulate improvements in the work practices and processes used within the company.
Objective: From my intention to learn about such an interesting thing and to apply what I comprehend into a bank, my study aims: 1 (LUAN.service TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.service To review available status of service quality on card service. To comprehend some important aspects which are related to marketing and Customer satisfaction concept. To identify the necessary to improve customer service quality for Techcombank card service. To provide recommendations and solutions for Techcombank to improve customer service quality for Techcombank card service.
Scope of work The scope of study is service quality and how to improve service quality. The research scope is also for card customer service of TECHCOMBANK. Methodology The study was implemented by result of the previous TECHCOMBANK survey, research second data at home, system analysis and comparison method. Because of large customer number, so the study mainly used survey and analysis to solve the issues under business rules and customer behavior theory.
The study also gather ideas of experts working in customer service and system support for card operation of TECHCOMBANK. Expecially, thesis also is the fact experience of 9 years working for TECHCOMBANK up to now. Some models and information from some books, e-books, and article were used to make the line for the thesis. Processes and procedures issued by TECHCOMBANK and other banks were also good refference for the study.
Based on the findings, the thesis give out some key conclusions and some guideline solutions which are focused on improving service quality by changing current GAPs in the bank’s operation. Contribution of the thesis 2 (LUAN.service TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.service The study is of great practical value, providing a comprehensive overview on banking service: Card - which is relatively new in Vietnam. This thesis is aimed at showing a full picture of card services at a bank, discussing the shortcomings and weaknesses which the Bank needs to pay due attention and timely address so as to achieve its target: Becoming Number 1 in a fiercely competitive market in Vietnam for the time being. The thesis also posed for such a new service like Card, it requires high technology and huge investment in order to operate well and to satisfy the demands of targeted customers.
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 3 (LUAN.service TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.1 Service marketing mix in banks.1 Service marketing mix. There are many different definitions of service, but by the most simple way, services are deeds, processes, and performances. Although we rely on the simple definition of services, to be aware of that over time services and the service sector of the economy have been defined in subtly different ways. Compatible with the simple way, broad definition is one that defines service to include “all economic activities whose output is not a physical product or construction, is generally consumed at the time it is produced, and provides added value in forms (such as convenience, amusement, timeliness, comfort, or health) that are essentially intangible concerns of its first purchaser.”1 A primary issue that marketers face in relation to service perishability is the ability to inventory.
Demand forcasting and creative planning or capacity utilization are therefore important and challenging decision areas. The fact that services cannot typically be returned or resold also implies a need for strong recovery strategies when things do go wrong. One of the most basic concepts in marketing is marketing mix, defined as the elements an organization control that can be used to satisfy or communicate with customers. The traditional marketing mix is composed of the four elements (four Ps): product, price, place (distribution) and promotion.
These elements appear as the core decision variable in many marketing text or marketing plan. The notion of mix implies that all the variables are interrelated and depend on each other to some extent. Further, the marketing mix philosophy implies an optimal mix of the four factors for a given market segment at a given point in time. Table M1: Elements of traditional marketing mix.
Product Place Promotion Price Physical good Channel types Promotion blend Flexibility features Exposure Salespeople Price level Quality level Intermediaries - selection Terms Accessories Outlet location - training Differentiations 1 Principle of Service Marketing, 1994, MCGaw Hill 4 (LUAN.service TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.service Packaging Transportations - Incentive Discounts Warranty Storages Advertising Allowances. Product lines Managing channel - Media types Branding - Types of Ad Sales promotion Publicity Internet/web strategy. Careful management of product, place, promotion, and price will clearly also be essential to the successful marketing of service. However, strategies for the four Ps require some modifications when applied to services.
For example, traditionally promotion is thought of as involving decision related to sales, advertising, sales promotions, and publicity. In services, these factors are also important, but because services are produced and consumed simultaneously, service delivery people (such as clerks, ticket takers, nurses, and phone personnel) are involved in real time promotion of service even if their jobs are typically defined in terms of the operational function they perform. Expanded Mix for service: Because services are produced and consumed simultaneously, customers are often present in the firm’s factory, interact directly with the firm’s personnel, and are actually part of service production process. Also, because services are intangible, customers will often be looking for any tangible cue to help them understand the nature of the service experience.
For example, in hotel industry, the design and décor of hotel as well as the appearance and attitudes of its employees will influence customer perceptions and experiences. Acknowledgement of importance of these additional variables has led services marketers to adopt the concept of an expanded marketing mix for services shown in table 1.3 below: Table M2: added elements of marketing mix 2 People Physical evidence Process 2 Service Marketing – integrating customer focus across the firm – Valarie A. Zeithaml, Mary Jo Bitner, Dwayne D. Gremler – 4th eddition 5 (LUAN.service TIEU LUAN MOI download : skknchat@gmail.service Employees Facility Flow of activities - Recruiting Equipment - Standardized - Training Signage - Customized - Motivation Employee dress Number of steps - Reward Other tangibles - Simple - Team work - Reports - Complex Customers: - Business cards Customer - Education - Statements Involvement - Training - Guarantees People: All human actors who play a part in service delivery and thus influence the buyer’s perceptions: namely, the firm’s personnel, the customers, and other customers in service environment.