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SERVICE AREA

The geographical area that a healthe care plan can service that is set by a state agency.

SERVICE BENEFITS

The benefits that are provided by the service association issued according to the days of coverage and not a dollar amount.

SERVICE BUREAU

A company that provides a service that can be specialised like copying, payroll processing and accounting.

SERVICE CENTER

A support centre that offers services to support other departments in an organisation.

SERVICE CHARGE

1. A fee charged by banks to cover services or a penalty fee. 2. percentage added to a bill for tipping. 3. paid by tenants ofr general maintenance and cleaning of the

SERVICE CONTRACT

A contract for services such as time, expertise and effort instead of goods.

SERVICE FACTOR (SF)

The overload capacity that is built into a device, engine or component before it will break down.

SERVICE GOODS

Goods that have a set of common standard features and only differ in price such as radios, TVs and air conditioners.

SERVICE LEASE

A lease of equipment where the lessee needs to maintain and to service the asset that is leased.

SERVICE LEVEL

A level of inventorywhere demand for an item or a system is met by stock on hand.

SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT

A contract between the person or company providing a service and its customer. It will list nature, scope and quality of a service that is to be provided.

SERVICE MANAGEMENT

An integral system in supply chain management where the sales are connected to the customer. Its purpose is to minimise costs by lowwring inventory levels.

SERVICE MARK (SM)

A mark of identification or a brand that is associated with a service the way a trademark is associated with goods.

SERVICE PLANS

A plan where services are the benefit that is provided and not a money amount for benefit.

SERVICE PROVIDER

1. General. A business or individual that offers paid for services. 2. Internet. A company providing internet connections to customers.

SERVICE SETTING

The total of the physical environment and the ambience where a service occurs.

SERVICEABILITY

The degree to which an item is serviced using given resources in a set time frame.

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