• DocumentCode
    2687982
  • Title

    Front and back-stage approach in service process re-engineering: a catering service case

  • Author

    Chen, Jue ; Tang, Daijian ; Hao, Yunhong

  • Author_Institution
    Zhejiang Gongshang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    8-10 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    300
  • Lastpage
    304
  • Abstract
    The paper applied the front and back-stage approach into service BPR through a detailed case study in catering service. It justified the effectiveness of decoupling front and back-stage for service BPR in dealing with the feature of customer contact in service process. And it also identified the role of technology in both BPR project and decoupling approach. Finally the issues related to balance-striking among various operational objectives in decision of front and back stage were also discussed.
  • Keywords
    business process re-engineering; catering industry; business process re-engineering; catering service; customer contact; service BPR; service process re-engineering; Business process re-engineering; Context-aware services; Costs; Engineering management; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Process design; Quality management; Systems engineering and theory; Uncertainty; BPR; Decoupling of systems; Front and back-stage; Systems engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Service Systems and Service Management, 2009. ICSSSM '09. 6th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Xiamen
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3661-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3662-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSSSM.2009.5174897
  • Filename
    5174897