Английский для бизнеса Выпуск 29 (job.lang.engforbusiness) : Рассылка : Subscribe.Ru

A customer, also client, buyer or purchaser is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, mostly called the supplier or seller. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services. However in certain contexts the term customer also includes by extension anyone who uses or experiences the services of another. A customer may also be a viewer of the product or goods in which are being sold. In this case, a customer can walk into a building intending to buy a product but is not satisfied with what he or she may find in the store, resulting in them leaving without a purchase.

The word derives from "custom," meaning "habit"; a customer was someone who frequented a particular shop, who made it a habit to purchase goods of the sort the shop sold there rather than elsewhere, and with whom the shopkeeper had to maintain a relationship to keep his or her "custom," meaning expected purchases in the future. The slogan "customer is king" or "customer is god" or "the customer is always right" indicate the importance of customers to businesses - although the last expression is sometimes used ironically.

Customer service is the provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase. According to Turban et al. (2002), “Customer service is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction – that is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation." Its importance varies by product, industry and customer; defective or broken merchandise can be exchanged, often only with a receipt and within a specified time frame. Retail stores will often have a desk or counter devoted to dealing with returns, exchanges and complaints, or will perform related functions at the point of sale.

Customer service may be provided by a person (e.g., sales and service representative), or by automated means called self-service. Examples of self service are Internet sites. The experience a customer has of a product also affect the total service experience, but this is more of a product direct feature than what is included in the definition of customer service.

Some have argued that the quality and level of customer service has decreased in recent years, and that this can be attributed to a lack of support or understanding at the executive and middle management levels of a corporation and/or a customer service policy. Others believe that providing a high level of customer service, which he refers to as Customer Love, is the only way to grow your business in these times.

Recently, many organizations have implemented feedback loops that allow them to capture feedback at the point of experience. For example, National Express, one of the UK's leading travel companies invites passengers to send text messages whilst riding the bus. This has been shown to be useful as it allows companies to improve their customer service before the customer defects, thus making it far more likely that the customer will return next time. wikipedia.org

Словарь

customer - заказчик, покупатель

frequent [fri:`kwent] - часто посещать

shopkeeper - продавец, лавочник

slogan - лозунг
сustomer service - обслуживание покупателя

return - возврат

exchange - обмен

complaint - жалоба

self-service - самообслуживание

lack of support - отсутствие поддержки
feedback loop - пункт обратной связи

ТЕРМИН ВЫПУСКА

backorder

(резервный заказ)

Customer order which cannot be filled now, and for which the customer is prepared to wait for some time.

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