Internal service quality analysis and assessment focusing on the maintenance of utilities in a manufacturing company

Abstract

Service quality management is currently a subject that companies frequently consider as a differentiated factor. Maintenance services are essential to the suitable operation and performance of the internal services maintenance of a manufacturing company that is a market leader. Non-probabilistic data were collected from service users with an instrument based on the SERVQUAL scale. Cronbach alpha and t-test were used to verify the consistency and reliability of the instrument. The results highlighted differences between the performance and expectations of users regarding the most analyzed factors; discrepancies are subsequently discussed in the paper.

Keywords:
Service quality; Internal services; SERVQUAL; Maintenance