Star Muffler
Star Muffler
This chapter presents a description on the nature of work franchisees perform at Star Muffler. Mark Spinelli, Star Muffler's chief executive officer, faced the monumental task of transforming “car guys” into managers. Star Muffler has a lack of differentiation among service providers and a poor industry image. To improve the image and consistency of the shops, Spinelli started a new program to rate shops on cleanliness and other factors. The profitability of each franchise unit and the relationship between franchisees has been changed by Spinelli's new customer oriented strategy. In general, the warranty system, the image and maintenance program, and the focus on customer satisfaction has made some effect in altering the old practices of Star Muffler, and the increased market share and customer loyalty can be attributed to them.
Keywords: franchisees, Star Muffler, Walter, Mark Spinelli, warranty system, maintenance program, customer satisfaction
Chicago Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
