Kamis, 04 Agustus 2011

Beyond Customer Expectation (melampaui keinginan atau harapan Service pelanggan)

Sebelum kita membicarakan bagaimana membuat service beyond customer expectation, ada baiknya kita mengenal terlebih dahulu apakah pelanggan (customer) itu. Pengertian ini akan membawa kita untuk menghargai pelanggan atau customer kita.

Pengertian Pelanggan (Customer)
Menurut ahli Manajemen Perusahaan seperti LL. Bean, Freefort dan Maine dalam Vincent Gasversz ( 1997) definisi pelanggan adalah orang yang tidak tergantung pada kita, tetapi kitalah yang tergantung pada mereka; Pelanggan adalah orang yang membawa kita kepada keinginannya.

Dari definisi tersebut kita dapat melihat betapa pentingnya seorang pelanggan bagi bisnis kita.
Pelanggan tidak tergantung pada kita, tetapi kitalah yang tergantung kepada pelanggan. Pelanggan sangat penting bagi kelangsungan bisnis kita. Bila kita tidak punya pelanggan hanya orang-orang yang berkunjung dan melihat-lihat toko kita saja atau hanya membeli sekali dan tidak pernah kembali lagi, maka bisa dibayangkan ketidak pastian dari bisnis kita.

Fakta mengenai Pelanggan
Saya mengambil dari artikel Action Coach South Jakarta mengenai fakta pelanggan, dikatakan bahwa dari hasil survey pelanggan, rata-rata sebuah perusahaan kehilangan 50% pelanggannya setiap 5 tahun sekali. Fakta lain yang sejalan dengan fakta ini adalah biaya untuk menggantikan mereka biasanya bisa 6-7 kali lebih mahal! Dan ini berarti, bahwa kita mendapatkan manfaat 600% sampai 700% lebih besar untuk uang kita dengan berinvestasi dalam mempertahankan dan melakukan pemasaran untuk pelanggan kita yang sekarang daripada mencari pelanggan baru.

Fakta lain adalah meningkatkanya persaingan antara bisnis saat ini, membuat pelanggan memiliki banyak pilihan-pilihan. Contohnya saja pusat perbelanjaan atau mal. Setiap tahun selalu ada mal baru bermunculan di Jakarta, membuat konsumen senang karena mempunyai banyak pilihan. Di sisi pengelola mal, mereka semakin berlomba-lomba untuk menarik pengunjung dengan adanya pesaing-pesaing baru yang bermunculan. Bila pengelola mal tidak melakukan program-program yang menarik pelanggan maka bisa dipastikan mal tersebut akan sepi pengunjung dan lama kelamaan tutup.

Dari fakta di atas kita melihat bahwa konsumen mempunyai banyak pilihan dan dapat saja berpaling dari satu produsen kepada yang lainnya. Sehingga dibutuhkan untuk mempertahankan pelanggan. Bagaimana caranya mempertahankan pelanggan?

Dengan memberikan layanan yang melebihi harapan pelanggan (service beyond customer expectation) maka kita dapat memenangkan hati pelanggan kita.
Bila demikian pelanggan dapat menjadi loyal dengan perusahaan/bisnis kita.

Bagaimana melampaui keinginan atau harapan pelanggan (be beyond customer expectation)
1. Memiliki image bahwa pelanggan sangat penting
Berpikirlah bahwa tanpa pelanggan maka perusahaan akan bangkrut atau kita tidak mendapatkan gaji. Pola pikiran ini membuat kita akan sangat menghargai pelanggan kita dan akan memberikan layanan yang terbaik bagi mereka.

2. Mencari tahu apa kebutuhan atau keinginan dari pelanggan kita
Kita dapat melakukan survey pelanggan atau memberikan questioner kepada pelanggan atau bisa juga menghubungi setiap konsumen yang berbelanja atau menggunakan produk atau jasa kita. Dengan mengetahui kebutuhan dan keinginan mereka, maka kita dapat memberikan produk atau jasa yang pas / cocok dengan mereka.

3. Perhatikanlah hal-hal yang mempengaruhi persepsi dari pelanggan kita
Setiap proses dari sebelum membeli, membeli produk/jasa dan setelah membeli produk akan memberikan persepsi bagi pelanggan. Karena itu perlu diperhatikan dengan baik supaya melalui setiap proses tersebut kita mampu menciptakan suatu persepsi ”luar biasa” bagi konsumen atau pelanggan kita.
Mulai dari tahap sebelum membeli produk atau jasa kita, pelanggan biasanya mencari tahu melalui website atau brosur atau langsung mendatangi toko/perusahaan kita.
Biasanya pada tahap ini hal-hal yang mempengaruhi persepsi konsumen adalah antara lain: kualitas produk, harga produk/jasa dan image perusahaan.
Selanjutnya saat konsumen membeli produk atau jasa kita perhatikanlah setiap cara kita melayani konsumen, penguasaan tentang produk/jasa kita (product knowledge), sikap dari tenaga pemasaran, kenyamanan tempat, paket atau discount yang ditawarkan dan layanan yang cepat.

4. Layanan after sales
Sesudah membeli produk atau jasa apakah tersedia jaminan mutu produk dan jasa contohnya bila produk atau jasa yang dibeli ternyata tidak memuaskan maka bisa dikembalikan atau diberikan jaminan ganti rugi, tersedia suku cadang (bagi produk elektronik atau automobil), tersedianya layanan pengaduan 24 jam

5. Memelihara hubungan dengan pelanggan
Menjaga hubungan baik dan terus menerus dengan pelanggan dengan cara membangun komunikasi dengan pelanggan. Contohnya menghubungi konsumen beberapa hari setelah membeli produk atau jasa kita dan mengucapkan terima kasih serta menanyakan apakah ada kendala dalam menggunakan produk atau jasa kita.
Memberikan informasi mengenai discount atau program-program khusus atau produk baru yang kita tawarkan.

Tugas 3 (mengenal diri sendiri)

8 excellence in me :

1.    Easily adaptable
2.    Cheerful
3.    Responsibility
4.    Spirit
5.    Sweet
6.    Humble
7.    Kind
8.    Faithful


Why the guests living the restaurant or hotel ?

1.    Unsatisfactory service
2.    Food is less tasty
3.    Cleanliness is not maintained
4.    Places are noisy and hot
5.    Inadequate facilities
6.    Long service
7.    The waiter not polite
8.    The waiter did not know about product knowledge so that guests are reluctant

Rabu, 03 Agustus 2011

Vocabulary Tasks

Word
Meaning
Example Sentence
    Accessible



  1. adjoining



  1. Air-conditioner



  1. Amenities





  1. Buffet service









  1. Bungalow





  1. Cabin







  1. Deluxe


  1. Designated areas



  1. Elaborate




  1. Expand




  1. Fee




  1. High season






  1. In advance





  1. Lodge






  1. Sanitary facilities



  1. self-contained










  1. spacious



  1. Sparsely furnished







  1. Suite



  1. Throughout

That can be reached



Which lies between




Tools to cool the room




Additional facilities for you comfort




Services that serve a variety of food is officially in a ceremony with standing party.


Small house that is rented is located in the tourist area.


Is the small room as usually in the ship to the place who people sleep and take a rest.  

Very comfortable in the room

site chosen






something difficult to be solved



Make something to be more widespread or evolve

Price






high occupancy






Anything who have to pay and do in the front.



Something that should be left to get something.




Environmental hygiene facilities




Containing something within itself









Big a place


Furniture that are scattered in a large area



A type of room in a hotel. 
 
In every part
I am trying to find a hotel which is accessible from the city.

My room adjoining the bathroom.

The air conditioner was broken so the room gets hot.

The bathroom amenities in Shangri-La Jakarta so complete.

Businessman's son got married in four seasons hotel with buffet service.





We plan to vacation this time to stay at the bungalow uncle near the beach.

Cabin on a cruise ship is very narrow.






My uncle's stay in deluxe room.


Fathers the right to designate an area where we camped.

My big sister helped me to complete my duties are elaborate.

Mr. Burhan extend his land until 3 acres.


School fees must be paid away before taking a diploma.

Sheraton hotel occupancy is high so that all employees should over time.

Guests must pay half the price of the room in advance to guarantee.

Receptionist lodge to the guest to choose the suite room than the deluxe rooms.

every hotel is very concerned with sanitary facilities.

A paragraph is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea.

In the downtown area has no space.

The room was sparsely furnished; only a bed, a chair and a table stood within. 
I’m not satisfied with your suite room, it’s a bit dusty.  
Throughout the world, frogs are dying from pollution.






Jumat, 20 Mei 2011

The Traveller

Once a traveller was wandering through a vast desert in which nothing grew, not a tree or even a blade of grass. By chance he came across a deep pit. He looked inside it, hoping that maybe it contained some water. He was astonished to find that all it contained were several wretched creatures. They had slipped down its steep and slippery sides and fallen into the pit. They were a monkey, a snake, a tiger and also a man.
‘I would be doing a good deed if I were to rescue this poor man who has fallen among these dangerous animals,’ the traveller said to him self. The traveller happened to have with him a long rope, so he let it down into the pit and called out to the man to take hold of it. But the monkey, being such a nimble animal , was the first to grasp the end of the rope and to climb out to safety.

So the traveller let down the rope a second time, only to find that the snake had twirled itself round it and had come out. When he let down the rope a third time, the traveller was alarmed to find that the tiger, with its great strength, had caught hold of the rope with his claws and had made its way up into the open air. The traveller now found himself facing these three animals and was amazed to find them bowing down
him: ‘But do not help the man to
n and especially this one.’ Then the monkey said to the traveller: ‘My home is in a mountain close by
hope I may have the chance to repay you in some way for your kindness.’ ‘And my home,’ said the tiger, ‘is also in a mountain near to the city.
service for having rescued me from certain death in that terrible pit.’ ‘And I,’ said the snake, ‘have my home in the walls of that city. If by any chance you should pass b
or you.’ The three animals then bo
the direction of the city.
Paying no heed to the animals’ warning, he again let the rope down into the pit. It was only with much difficulty that he was able to pull the man out of the pit.
The man immediately kissed his hands in thanks and said:
‘I am a jeweller from the nearby city where I have a shop. If you are ever in need of help, do not hesitate to call on me. I shall be delighted to repay you for having saved my life.’
The two men shook hands and the jeweller made his way to the city. The traveller continued on his journey.
Now it so happened that some weeks later the traveller passed by the city and found the monkey coming towards him.

The monkey immediately bowed down in front of him saying: ‘I wish I could give you a present to express my thanks to you but we monkeys own nothing in this world.’
‘However, if you sit down here and rest a while I shall at least bring you something to refresh you after your journey.’
The monkey ran off and after a while brought back a variety of delicious fruits which they enjoyed together. The monkey left and the traveller continued on his way. As he approached the main gate to the city, the traveller was surprised to find the tiger appearing before him.
The tiger having bowed down in front or the traveller, said:
‘How can I ever repay you for your kindness? I would like to bring you a present in gratitude for having rescued us from starvation in that pit. Just wait here and I shall see what I can find.’
The tiger bounded off and secretly entered the king’s palace. With great stealth he made his way to the room where the King’s daughter was still sleeping.
On a table by the bed the tiger saw a beautiful necklace. The tiger took it and brought it as a present to the traveller.
Not knowing that it had been stolen from the king’s palace, the traveller accepted the necklace and thanked the tiger. He was amazed at the generosity of animals, how both the monkey and the tiger had insisted on repaying him for his kindness.
As the traveller had no use for a necklace, he called to mind the man he had saved from the pit and who had said that he was a jeweller. He went to see if he would buy the necklace.
The jeweller greeted the traveller in his shop. Directly he saw the necklace, he recognised it as one he himself had made for the king to give to his daughter.
Instead of asking the traveller how he had come by the necklace, the jeweller decided to go straight away to the palace. ‘This is the chance of a lifetime,’ he told himself. ‘Let me go to
the king and tell him that not only have I found the princess’s necklace but I also know the man who stole it. The King will surely reward me handsomely.’
‘Stay here while I arrange for you to be sent some food,’ the jeweller told the traveller, and he hurried off to the palace.

The King immediately recognised the necklace as the one he had made for the princess and which she reported had just been stolen from her room.
‘Go to the jeweller’s shop,’ the King ordered his guards, where you will find a young man who is a stranger to this city. Seize him and bring him here immediately.’
Turning to the jeweller, the king thanked him for the return of the precious necklace, then added:
‘But I am especially grateful to you for having found the scoundrel who was so shameless as to go into my daughter’s room and steal the necklace from beside her as she slept. I shall reward you well for what you have done.’
In the meantime the traveller who was still in the jeweller’s shop awaiting the man’s return, was roughly seized by the king’s guards and taken to the palace. There he was thrown down in front or the Kind’s throne.
He tried to explain that the necklace bad been given to him by a tiger, and this made the king even more angry against him.
‘Do you take me for a fool?’ the king shouted at the unfortunate man. ‘Take him away and beat him, then put him in a cell by himself till tomorrow morning when I order that he be banged in the main square of our city as a warning to others.’
The poor traveller was thrown into a small dungeon from where he was taken out for regular beatings. During all this time he would call out:
‘If only I had listened to the words of the monkey, the tiger and the snake and not taken that jeweller from the pit.’
It so happened that his words were heard by the snake who lived in a crevice in one of the city’s walls. The snake immediately tried to think of some way of rescuing the traveller from the prison and so save him from being executed in the main square the following morning.
The snake immediately set out to the palace and quietly made its way to the room where the King’s daughter lay sleeping. It then bit her on the arm and the poison entered her whole body. The girl called out in pain and right away the best doctors in the city were called to the
bedside. Not one of them was able to do anything for her and she remained in a state between life and death, while the King shed bitter tears for his beloved daughter.
Next the snake went to one of its sisters who was a genie. It told the genie how the traveller had rescued it from the pit and how this man was now lying in prison.
So the sister snake who was a genie made itself invisible and entered the room of the girl without any of the doctors, or the king himself, noticing.
‘Your cure,’ she told the dying princess, ‘lies in the hands of only one man. This man has been wrongfully imprisoned. Early tomorrow morning he will be put to death. Your only hope is for your father to have this man brought here at once.’
The sister snake then returned to the prison where the poor traveller was being held.
‘You should have heeded brother’s words,’ it told him, ‘and not rescued that ungrateful man from the pit. But I hope that the King will shortly order you to be taken to the palace where you will be asked to cure the princess of the poison that my brother has injected into her!’
‘And how am I to do such a thing?’ asked the traveller. ‘I am no doctor and have no knowledge of such poisons.’
The sister snake then showed the traveller some leaves that it had taken from a special tree.
‘Take these leaves,’ she told the man, ‘and soak them in water, then have the princess drink the water when you are taken to the palace. This medicine will immediately allow the princess to arise from her bed in perfect health.’
The princess had whispered to her father that a mysterious voice had told her that she could be cured only by a foreigner to the city who now lay in prison. This person, who was innocent of any crime, should be brought in all haste to the palace as she felt that her strength was steadily being taken from her by the poison that was in her body.
So the King, who had despaired of his lovely daughter recovering, ordered the prisoner to be brought to the room where the princess lay.
Then the traveller asked for a glass of water and he soaked the leaves in it and gave the water to the princess.
The King and those with him were amazed to see the princess rise up from her bed, healthy and as though nothing had happened to her. The king then asked the traveller to tell him his story and how it was that the necklace had been stolen from the princess’s bedroo
The traveller told the King his history from the very beginning, from the time he had rescued the monkey and the tiger and the snake from the pit, and also the man who turned out to be the jeweller.
He recounted how each of the animals had in a different way shown its gratitude and how the tiger had stupidly stolen the necklace and had then given it to him as a present.
Only the man, the jeweller, had failed to show his gratitude. Instead he harmed him by telling the king that it was the traveller who had stolen the necklace and had then tried to sell it.
So the King ordered that the jeweller should be brought to the palace. The King then told him that he should have made sure of the man’s guilt before reporting against him.
‘This man had saved your life and you owed him a favour,’ the king told the jeweller. ‘If it had not been for his friend, the snake, this traveller would have been wrongly put to death tomorrow morning.’
‘All that you cared about was the reward that you would receive from me for having found the necklace.’
The king ordered that the jeweller be arrested for the bad way he had behaved towards the man who had rescued him from the pit.
‘Truly,’ said the king, ‘animal is capable of showing more gratitude than man.’

Denys Johnson‐Davies
The traveller
Dubai, Jerboa Books, 2006
(Adapted)

Kamis, 19 Mei 2011

Wulan's First Step

 
Hari ini berkunjung ke SEAMOLEC. Saya dan teman-teman diajarkan cara membuat blog dengan wordpress.com atau pun dengan blogspot.com (tapi saya tahu persis teman-teman saya semua pasti sudah bisa membuatnya). Anyway thanks ya mas HARTZ..

Akhirnya aktivitas pertama sebagai mahasiswa lengkap sudahh...Alhamdulillah~