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Servitization in practice

Does this sound familiar? You see ways of setting yourself apart from the competition by adding more service to your product. That is technically possible, but is it what customers want? And what are the consequences for the internal organization? It looks good from a marketing and sales point of view, but often proves more difficult in practice. Servitization is only successful when customers’ expectations, the competences within the internal organisation and processes, technical application and the revenue model are aligned.

Managing customer expectations

We constantly endeavour to meet our customers' expectations. But how can we do that more effectively? Time for a few questions.

7 characteristics of 'customer expectations'

Lasting relationships between people are based on trust. And the only way to earn trust is by fulfilling expectations. But 'expectation’ is such an abstract concept, how can you define that? Expectations have 7 common characteristics.