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Index

access for customers with disabilities       thinking like a customer, 59–62
   auditory, 136, 137                        training employees to anticipate,
   physical, 135–136, 137–138
   visual, 122, 136–138                         94–95
                                          apologizing
advertising, on the Internet, 128, 140
alignment, of leaders, 103                   fake apologies, 29
alt tags, 122, 137                           after service breakdowns, 28–29
Amazon.com, 11, 22, 125–127                  slowing down apologies, 29
Anderson, Chris, 115                      aptitudes, 84–88
anticipatory customer service, 5–6, 59–   Atchison, Shane, 116
                                          attitude
      83, 133–134                            pessimistic, 87, 103–104
   benchmarking in, 67–68                    positive, 86–87, 103–104
   dashboard concept in, 78–79            attitudes, in orientation process, 90–91
   efficient processes in, 68–70, 72       auditory impairments, customer access
   emotional attachments in, 71–72
   information about customer experi-           and, 136, 137
                                          automated links, 25
      ence, 75–79                         automated mass mailings, 24, 25,
   Internet and, 73–78
   Lean Manufacturing methodology, 72           122–124
   looking for defects/defective situa-
                                          banner advertising, 140
      tions, 62–65                        behavior-shaping constraints, 67
   process-based solutions, 79–83         beliefs, in orientation process, 90–91
   protective customer bubble and, 54,    benchmarking

      96, 97–98                              in anticipation of customer service,
   reactive customer service versus, 4–5        67–68
   reducing waste to add value, 66–68
   repetition strategy, 125–127              in manufacturing-based systems,
                                                66–68

                                             personnel, 89–90

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