Abstract:
The objective of this research is to propose the model to analyze and prioritize service attributes for the café business. The model provides guidelines for the business to perfectly improve their services satisfying the truly needs of the customers. The model combines engineering tools: namely Kanos Model and Kansei Engineering with the marketing theory, which is Experience Marketing. The proposed model includes 5 phases. The 1st phase is collecting Kansei words which are emotional and feeling words from the customer interview and Wongnai application. The 2nd phase is identifying service attributes classified into 5 dimensions of Experience Marketing. In the 3rd phase, the survey of customer needs and satisfaction was performed using a sample of 100 customers. This questionnaire survey was constructed based on Kanos Model and Kansei Engineering framework. In the 4th phase, the survey results were analyzed with statistics and Kanos Model to prioritize service attributes and Kansei words. In the last phase, guidelines for service improvement were presented. The results of the analysis revealed that a total of 26 service attributes, 13 of which needed improvement. More precisely, service attributes that need to be improved urgently include: 1)Prompt, accurate service, and 2) Cleanliness of staff's clothing. Moreover, the top three responses for Kansei words were 1) Clean, 2) Tasty, and 3)Friendly. It could be concluded from the research that the proposed model can appropriately identify the service attributes that need to be improved and be applied to other businesses to improve service quality and create maximum customer satisfaction.