TY - BOOK AU - James A Fitzsimmons; AU - Mona J Fitzsimmons ED - Mona J Fitzsimmons TI - Service management: operations, strategy, and information technology SN - 9780072868203 SN - 007295786 AV - HD9980.5 .F549 PY - 2004/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin N1 - Includes index; pt. I, Understanding services -- The role of services in an economy -- The nature of services -- Service strategy -- pt. II, Designing the service enterprise -- New service development -- The service encounter -- Service quality -- E-service -- Service facility location -- The supporting facility -- pt. III, Managing service operations -- Managing supply and demand -- Managing waiting lines -- Managing service supply relationships -- Managing facilitating goods -- Managing projects -- pt. IV, Toward world-class service -- Productivity and quality improvement -- Growth and globalization of services -- pt. V, Quantitative models for service management -- Forecasting demand for services -- Queuing models and capacity planning ER -