Industrial Service Strategy : Development, Implementation and Execution
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Industrial Service Strategy : Development, Implementation and Execution by Rajesh Kumar, Stavanger : University of Stavanger, 2005 (PhD thesis UiS, no. 19)Abstract
Increasingly, as markets become more competitive and globalized, industrial
service providers are dependent on effective and efficient service strategies to achieve a certain
level of customer satisfaction and to create a win-win situation for the involved parties. This
research investigates the development, implementation, and execution of industrial service
strategies. Based on four case studies performed in the Norwegian oil and gas industry and Swedish
manufacturing and service industry, two frameworks for industrial service strategies are suggested,
verified and validated.
The first framework considers the development and negotiation of industrial service contracts. The
framework highlights key factors that need to be considered when negotiating industrial service
agreements to avoid conflicts and to develop healthy relationships. Planned services can be
considered based on product failure predictability. However, successful service providers also need
to set up contingency plans for resolving problems caused by unpredictable failure events in an
effective and efficient manner.
The second framework considers the development, implementation and execution of industrial service
strategies. The research demonstrates that to develop an effective and efficient service strategy
one should consider major influencing factors, their attributes and performance factors.
Engineering factors/parameters such as reliability and maintainability need to be considered, in
addition to non-engineering factors such as the geographical location, operational requirements,
operating environments, external factors, etc. In the development, implementation and execution
processes, performance factors such as cost drivers, performance killers and critical success
factors need to be defined to assess the performance of the service delivery process,
the service content, and the service strategy as a whole.
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PhD thesis in Offshore technology
Has parts
Kumar, R. and Kumar, U. (2004), “Service delivery strategy: trends in mining industries”, International Journal of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 299-307.Kumar, R. and Kumar, U. (2004), “A conceptual framework for the development of a service delivery strategy for industrial systems and products”, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Vol. 19 No. 5, pp. 310-319.
Kumar, R., Markeset, T. and Kumar, U. (2004), “Maintenance of machinery: negotiating service contracts in business-to-business marketing”, International Journal of Service Industry Management, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 400-413.
Kumar, R and Markeset, T. (2005), “Development of performance- based service strategies for the O&G industry: a case study”, accepted for publication in Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing.
Kumar, R., Markeset, T. and Kumar, U. (2005), “Implementation and execution of industrial service strategy: a case study from the oil and gas industry”, accepted for publication in Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering.
Markeset, T. and Kumar, R. (2005), “Cost reduction and performance enhancement through industrial support services – examples from Norwegian industry”.