⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: B. ▰ Sources. 〓 Books [B] ◥ University. {q} PhD. ⏫ THEMES. ⏫ Big Data. [B] Big Data. ⚫ USA. ↂ EndNote. ☝️ BD Dummies. Business (service) A service is a set of one-time consumable and perishable benefits that are: delivered from the accountable service provider, mostly in close co-action with his internal and external service suppliers,effectuated by distinct functions of technical systems and by distinct activities of individuals, respectively,commissioned according to the needs of his/her service consumers by the service customer from the accountable service provider,rendered individually to a consumer at his/her dedicated trigger,and, finally, consumed and utilized by the triggering service consumer for executing his/her upcoming business activity or private activity.
Any service can be clearly and completely, consistently and concisely specified by means of the following 12 standard attributes which conform to the MECE principle (mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive): Service-Commodity Goods continuum There has been a long academic debate on what makes services different from goods.