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Customer orientation means that a company’s managers and employees respond to customers’ c...

Customer orientation means that a company’s managers and employees respond to customers’ changing wants and needs. A manufacturer of metal parts has created a customer satisfaction survey that it asks each of its customers to complete. The survey asks about the following factors: (A) product performance; (B) price; (C) lead time; (D) delivery. Each factor is to be rated as unsatisfactory, marginal, average, satis­factory, or very satisfied.

a. Match the competitive forces 1 through 4 to the factors on the survey. A factor can be matched to more than one competitive force.

Survey Factor

Competitive Force

A. Product performance

_______ 1. Cost

B. Price

_______ 2. Time

C. Lead time

_______ 3. Quality

D. Delivery

_______ 4. Flexibility of service


b. How can managers of this company use the information from this customer satisfaction survey to bet­ter meet competitive forces and satisfy their customers?

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