Commentary essay on “blueprinting the service company–managing service processes efficiently”

Sabine Fließ, Michael Kleinaltenkamp*

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Abstract

In 2004, our article “Blueprinting the service company–managing service processes efficiently” was published in the Journal of Business Research. We were invited by the editor, Arch G. Woodside, to comment on the success of the article and the further development of the topics addressed, which we are most happy to do. The comment is organized as follows: first, we will summarize the main contributions of our original work. In the second part, we will address further developments of the original article’s central issues, thus, highlighting the evolution of the service blueprinting method. In the third and final part, we will discuss the relevance of service blueprinting in the light of recent developments in service theory.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)281-292
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science: Bridging Asia and the World
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Customer processes
  • Service blueprinting
  • Service management
  • Services processes
  • Supplier procesess

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