Consumer satisfaction with the quality of logistics services.

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Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis, Michail Litvinenko (2013), Consumer satisfaction with the quality of logistics services, Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education, 330-340

Mot clés : logistique, entreprises, prestations de service; clients, la satisfaction.

Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko analyse la satisfaction des clients à l’égard des sociétés de logistique en portant une attention importante sur leur qualité. 

Leur hypothèse est que la satisfaction est un avantage concurrentiel pour les entreprises de logistique et que si une entreprise de logistique n’a pas la satisfaction du client en priorité elle sera remplacée par d’autres société pour qui cette satisfaction est primordiale.

En premier lieu nous analyserons la relation entre la qualité de service et la satisfaction des clients, pour ensuite développer et analyser la compréhension que les auteurs ont de la qualité de services dans les entreprises de logistique.

Développement : 

Selon Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko : « La qualité de service et la satisfaction du client sont deux concepts très liés . La satisfaction du client est un facteur clé dans l’évaluation de la qualité d’un service. S’il est difficile de définir la qualité de service; il est encore plus difficile de déterminer le niveau de satisfaction client. » (Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko, 2013, page 331).

La qualité de service est le prédécesseur de la satisfaction du client. On peut donc imaginer que la qualité de service amène à la satisfaction du client. Cependant la qualité de service et la satisfaction du client sont considérées comme étant les deux principaux facteurs responsable du maintien des relation commerciales sur le long terme. (Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko, 2013, page 331).

Pour avoir une meilleur satisfaction du client, une compagnie doit utilisé les données et les information du marché dans le but de créer de nouveaux services qui correspondent au attente des client. Une société qui souhaite bâtir des relations commerciales sur le long terme doit se concentrer sur les attentes et les besoins de ses clients plutôt que sur ce que propose la concurrence. (Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko, 2013, page 332).

Selon Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko : « La principale définition de la qualité de service se concentrent sur le fait que le service doit répondre aux besoins et aux attentes du client. » (Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko, 2013, page 332).

La qualité de service est atteinte en comparant la attentes du client avec ses perceptions. Avant de commander un service ou un produit, le client sais ce qu’il souhaitent recevoir comme service et à par conséquent des attentes quand à la réalisation de ce service. On comprend donc que la qualité du service logistique perçue par le client est la différence entre le service perçu par le client et l’attente du client. (Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko, 2013, page 332).

La satisfaction du client depends de nombreux facteurs tel que la qualité du service perçu, l’humeur du client, ses émotions, ses experiences similaires et d’autres facteurs subjectifs. L’attente de la  satisfaction du client est généralement un opinion positive du client une fois que le service est rendu. (Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko, 2013, page 332).

On comprend donc que la qualité de service est atteinte quand le dit service satisfait les attentes et les besoins du client (Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė, Artūras Aranskis et Michail Litvinenko, 2013, page 332).

Conclusion : 

On comprend donc que les entreprises qui souhaite fair de la qualité du service leur priorité ne se concentre pas sur ce que la concurrence peut proposer ou quelle nouveaux clients elles peuvent atteindre, mais sur la construction et le maintient de relations commerciales sur le long terme par le biais de la satisfaction du clients. 

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