Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii PART ONE MAKING QUALITY A STRATEGIC WEAPON The Four Steps to Customer Value Management 3 (22) Moving ``Customer Satisfaction'' from a 25 (32) Slogan to a Science PART TWO ROLE MODELS: COMPANIES THAT DELIVERED MARKET-PERCEIVED QUALITY AND VALUE How Milliken & Co. Built a Competitive 57 (16) Powerhouse ``Customer Value Added'' at AT&T: A 73 (24) Competitive Strategy Milestone Communicating the Complex Truth About 97 (22) Cholesterol How to Achieve Quality Service 119 (34) PART THREE MANAGING SOME BIG ISSUES WITH CUSTOMER VALUE MANAGEMENT Creating Power Brands 153 (22) Assessing Competing Technologies and 175 (34) Nurturing a Long-Term Winner PART FOUR THE TOOLS AND METRICS OF CUSTOMER VALUE ANALYSIS The Seven Tools of Customer Value Analysis 209 (32) Putting the Power of a Whole Organization in 241 (28) a Single Room: The War-Room Wall and Strategic Navigation Aligning Your Quality Initiatives with the 269 (32) Goal of True Customer Value Management PART FIVE THE PAYOFF FROM PROVIDING SUPERIOR QUALITY AND VALUE Here's the Proof: Superior Quality Drives the 301 (22) Bottom Line and Shareholder Value Learning from the Malcolm Baldrige National 323 (20) Quality Award Comprehensive Alignment: Key to True 343 (20) Competitiveness Epilogue 363 (8) Appendix A Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 371 (27) Award: 1994 Award Examination Criteria and Guidelines Appendix B Why Do Patients Demand a Large Drop 398 (3) in Total Cholesterol? Appendix C Building Our Store of Case Examples 401 (2) and Empirical Evidence Appendix D Questionnaire to Aid Benchmarking 403 (4) Notes 407 (10) Index 417
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