Here are some points of comparison between manufacturing and services
1. degree of customer contact
2. Labour content of jobs
3. Uniformity of output
4. Uniformity of inputs
5. Measurement of productivity
6. Quality Assurance
7. Inventory
8. Wages
9. ability to patent
Any more ??
1. difficulty in establishing standards
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3. customer involvement in service design
4. Co creation of value
5. services outsourcing versus manufacturing outsourcing
6. Customer-supplier duality in services
7. Challenges of ERP in services compared to manufacturing?