Service Industry: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Service Industry

  • an industry which does not make products, but instead offers a service such as banking, insurance, or transport

Additional Resources

Analyzing The Debate Over Offshore Outsourcing In The Service Industry: Is There A Reason For Concern?
The United States has experienced an increase in the offshore outsourcing of jobs in the service industry. Although offshoring is common in the manufacturing industry, it only recently began in the service industry. The recent increase in the service industry has occurred because of new technology and ability to access...
Tags: Industry, Offshore Outsourcing, Offshoring, Service Industry, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2006-07-31
Servigistics Receives Numerous Industry Awards as Service Parts Management Leader; Best-in-Class Service Parts Management Solution Garners Two More Coveted Awards
ATLANTA -- Servigistics, the leading service parts management solution provider, announced today that it has received two more coveted industry awards, broadening its lead as the most award-winning service parts management solution in the industry. Servigistics is continuously recognized by clients, industry analysts, professional associations and industry publications for enabling...
Tags: industry, leader
Research articles 2005-07-19
Superior Service From GE Auto Warranty Services; 2005 Customer Service Metrics Continue to Lead Industry
LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- GE Auto Warranty Services (www.geaws.com) continues to deliver outstanding service to dealers, setting the vehicle service contract industry standard for speed and accuracy of claim handling. From online claims submission, to electronic payment via Direct Deposit, dealers experience best-in-class service.
Tags: customer service, General Electric Co., industry
Research articles 2005-08-09
Innovation In Services: From Service Concepts To Service Experiences
Identifying the nature of service experiences is recognized as being of primary importance in the shaping of an enhanced competitive position for industry; however service managers often have difficulty articulating the true nature In response to the competitive imperative for improved product/service development, this paper will develop a conceptual model...
Tags: Innovation, Management, Strategy, Leadership, Service Experience
White papers 2006-06-30
ATG Webcast to Tackle Best Practices in Web Customer Service; Leading Industry Analyst and Hospitality Industry Executive to Join Discussion of Online Service Issues
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Tags: ATG, best practice, Web, Webcast
Research articles 2004-06-09
Quickbooks add-on solutions: these integrated tools provide businesses further opportunity to do more with QuickBooks.(INTUIT AND MICROSOFT: FACE OFF FOR SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING MARKET)
SERVICE INDUSTRY SERVICE INDUSTRY
Tags: Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Corp., small business, tool
Research articles 2005-10-01
IRS has plans to enforce tip-reporting paperwork - concerns food service industry - column
The International Revenue Service IRS is on the verge of several initiatives likely to revive food-service industry concern about the cumbersome tip reporting requirements.
Tags: industry, Internal Revenue Service
Research articles 1985-01-28
Moody's Insurance Research Service
Moody's Investors Service in New York is now offering Moody's Insurance Research Service, which is designed to meet the security analysis needs of corporate risk managers and is accessible via the Internet at (www.moodysresearch.com). Subscribers to the service will have access to Moody's research and ratings on all of the...
Tags: industry, Moody's Corp.
Research articles 2001-06-01
Amid News of Denial of Service Attack Against Microsoft, Asta Networks Offers Telling Industry Insights; Industry Leader is Well Versed in the Dangers of Denial of Service Attacks
Business/High Tech Editors
Tags: denial of service, industry, Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2001-01-25
Fewer service firms employed acquisitions.(employment services)(Brief Article)
Although at least four local companies in the staffing and employment service industries were involved in acquisitions last year, deals in the industry slowed down dramatically. Mergers and acquisitions in the service industry peaked in 1998 when Although at least four local...
Tags: acquisition, company, Kelly Services Inc., staffing
Research articles 2001-01-29
Pioneering Financial Self-Service Online
The concept of self-service is nothing new to the world of banking and finance. In fact, the industry was a pioneer in self-service. The paper outlines that ATMs represented a critical inflection point for the banking industry. People today rarely go inside to do their banking. Instead, they go to...
Tags: Financial Services, Banking, Information Today Inc., Financial
White papers
Sprint Unveils New ATM Package With Industry Leading Service Level Agreements and Managed Network Services
New Expanded Service Offers 100 Percent Service Availability
Tags: ATM, Sprint Communications
Research articles 1998-10-28
ViryaNet to Showcase Service Hub for Wireless Workforce Management 4.0 At Three Industry Events; ViryaNet to Exhibit at Telecommunications, Utilities, and Field Service Industry Events
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: industry, telecommunications, ViryaNet, wireless
Research articles 2001-01-24
AT&T WorldNet Service and ConstructionNet Help Put Construction Industry Online
LEXINGTON, Ky.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 16, 1998--AT&T WorldNet's Service has teamed with ConstructionNet and leading construction industry manufacturers and suppliers to make it possible for more than 1 million contractors and industry firms to reach the Internet. Once there, ConstructionNet will provide these companies with Web sites, including free Web site development.
Tags: AT&T Corp., construction industry
Research articles 1998-02-16
Data Warehousing for Prepaid Products and Services
This paper examines how data warehousing tools and techniques can be applied to the prepaid products and services segment of the telecommunications industry. It reviews the types of prepaid products and services, industry drivers, and resulting potential impacts to the service provider's business. There are various prepaid products including wireless...
Tags: Data Warehouse, Teradata, Billing, Service, Business Intelligence, Business Services, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
White papers 2004-02-12
Broadwing's New Voice-Over-IP Service Sets Industry Standard for Quality and Ease-of-Use; Service to be Marketed With Zeroplus.com to Carriers, Resellers, Internet Service Providers
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers
Tags: industry, industry standard, Internet, Internet service, VoIP
Research articles 2000-10-05
Deutsche Telekom's ICSS Joins Telarix's iXLink™ Service
Industry-Wide Intercarrier Exchange Service Improves Accuracy and Expedites Processing Time of Interconnect Transactions Between Service Providers
Tags: Deutsche Telekom AG
Research articles 2007-05-22
Siemens Service Organization Scores Big in Customer Satisfaction; IMV ServiceTrak Report Indicates Company is #1 in 20 of 33 Service Attributes
CARY, N.C. -- Siemens Medical Solutions Service Organization ranked among the industry's top service providers in the 2005 ServiceTrakTM magnetic resonance imaging MRI survey. Created by IMV, a leading provider of market analysis and customer satisfaction assessment, ServiceTrak presents an independent analysis of service trends in the imaging industry and...
Tags: customer satisfaction, industry, magnetic resonance imaging, Siemens AG, survey
Research articles 2005-08-10
Industry Leaders Win Knova Discovery Awards for Excellence in Service Resolution Management
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Case New Holland, Macromedia, Novell, University of Utah, Sage Software and Tellabs Win Industry Awards for Highly Successful Customer Service Implementations
Tags: Knova Software Inc.
Research articles 2005-10-24
The Real Estate Industry and the Service Crisis
The service process and the details surrounding the real estate transaction are mysterious, invisible and even secretive for the average consumer. Quality service is the key to success and survival. And while most organizations, especially in real estate, talk about quality service, unfortunately quality service remains more talk than reality....
Tags: Real Estate, Article, Business Operations, Quality Service
White papers 2003-01-01
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