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    OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

    WAITING LINE ANALYSIS OF

    Mc DonaldsRESTAURANT

    SUBMITTED TO- SUBMITTED BY-

    Prof. Venkat Rao Korasiga Amisha Garg (seat no.10)

    Operations Department Aditya Narayan (seat no. 11)

    Dhruv Ahuja (seat no. 37)

    Sakshi Suri (seat no. 40)

    Abbas Shahzad (seat no. 54)

    Aman Bajaj (seat no. 58)

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    CONTENTS

    1.

    INTRODUCTION 1

    1.1

    McDonalds Corporation 1

    1.2

    McDonalds in India 1

    2.

    McDonalds HYDERABAD 3

    3. BLUEPRINT OF McDonalds HYDERABAD 4

    4.

    PROCESSES IN Mc Donalds 5

    4.1Mc Donalds Old Process 5

    4.2Mc Donalds New Process 5

    4.3

    Service Design Matrix 6

    4.4Measuring Process Performance 7

    5. WAITING LINE ANALYSIS OF McDonalds HYDERABAD 10

    5.1

    Important Notes On Waiting Line Analysis 11

    5.2

    Analysis Of The Chart 12

    6. VISIT DETAILS 13

    7. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 14

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    INTRODUCTION

    1.1 McDonalds Corporation

    McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants,

    serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States,

    the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice

    McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line

    principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He

    subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide

    growth.

    A McDonald's restaurant is operated by a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The

    corporation's revenues come from the rent, royalties and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as

    sales in company-operated restaurants. McDonald's revenues grew 27 per cent over the three

    years ending in 2007 to $22.8 billion, and 9 per cent growth in operating income to $3.9 billion.

    McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and chicken, French

    fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes and desserts. In response to changing consumer

    tastes, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, fish, wraps, smoothies and fruits.

    1.2 McDonalds in India

    Indian McDonald's restaurants do not serve beef and pork products, in deference to Hindu and

    Islamic beliefs respectively. The only animal products available are chicken and fish. Meat and

    vegetarian meals are prepared in separate areas of the restaurant due to religious laws; cooks

    preparing vegetarian dishes wear a distinctive green apron. All McDonald's restaurants in India

    are certified halal.

    Apart from selling the regular international McDonald's products such as McChicken, Chicken

    McNuggets, Chicken McGrill and Filet-O-Fish, McDonald's has developed a wide variety of

    vegetarian products exclusively for the Indian market, as a large number of Indians are

    vegetarians. Some of these products are the McAloo Tikki Burger (a burger with an aloo tikki-

    inspired patty made out of potatoes, peas, and spices), the McVeggie burger (the vegetarian

    equivalent of the McChicken), the McSpicy Paneer burger (a burger with a fried paneer patty

    breaded with Mexican and Cajun spices) and the McSpicy Paneer Wrap (a Mexican wrap

    equivalent of the McSpicy Paneer burger).

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    Other vegetarian products exclusive to India are the Pizza McPuff and the McCurry Pan. The

    Pizza McPuff is the Indian savoury snack called the puffstuffed with vegetarian pizza fillings

    and is similar to acalzone. The McCurry Pan is a mince pie-inspired dish where instead of meat,

    vegetables and cheese is used. The latter product had been discontinued, but there are plans to re-

    launch it in the exclusive vegetarian restaurants McDonald's is planning in the country.

    McDonald's has also developed variations of its international non-vegetarian products

    exclusively for the Indian market. The Big Mac burger is sold as the Chicken Maharaja Mac,

    where instead of beef patties, chicken patties are used. A spicy version of the McChicken, the

    McSpicy Chicken burger and its Mexican wrap equivalent, the McSpicy Chicken Wrap are also

    sold. It is to be noted that the McSpicy Chicken burger is the Indian equivalent of the actual

    McChicken burger in the USA, albeit served on a sesame bun, while the Indian McChicken

    burger is served on a sesame bun and is not spicy. In 2012, McDonald's India introduced the

    McEgg burger exclusively for the Indian market, keeping in mind the large eggitarian population

    in the country. The McEgg burger comprises of a poached egg between two steamed buns and is

    extremely popular among college students. Discontinued McDonald's products in India includethe Crispy Chinese burger (a Chinese cuisine-inspired vegetarian burger) and the Mexican Spice

    chicken and vegetarian burgers.

    In September 2012, McDonald's announced plans to open its first vegetarian-only restaurant in

    the country by 2013. The first location will open near the Golden Temple in the Sikh holy city

    of Amritsar in northern India. The second store will be near the Vaishno Devi cave shrine

    in Jammu and Kashmir.

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    McDonalds HYDERABAD

    For our study we have visited the store of McDonalds in Hyderabad which is located in CityCentre mall in Banjara hills. Our purpose of study is to evaluate the process analysis and waitingline analysis of McDonalds. As per our company guide we have been told that the peak hours of

    the store is from 12 noon to 3 pm in the afternoons and from 7 pm to 10 pm in the e venings. Wehave used the above time period for all our analysis. Also we had a store visit where we designedthe blueprint of the store.

    McDonalds Hyderabad map

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    BLUEPRINT OF McDonalds HYDERABAD

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    PROCESSES IN Mc Donalds

    4.1 Mc Donalds Old Process

    4.2 Mc Donalds New Process

    Interpretation:

    Earlier we can see from the figure that McDonalds used to follow a make to order processwhere the company used to serve the customer only once the order was placed. However later it

    changed it process to a combination of a make to order and make to stock which makes it a

    hybrid process. Thus the company uses latest cooking techniques and clever process engineering

    which has helped the company in developing a quick response rate. It takes just 45 sec for

    preparation of a burger and 15 sec for order placing. Thus the company is able to serve its

    customer in a minute which is highly appreciated throughout.

    Raw

    material

    Cook Assemble

    Finished

    goods

    Deliver

    Customer

    places

    order

    Rawmaterial

    Cook DeliverWIP

    Assemble

    Customer

    laces order

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    4.4 Measuring Process Performance

    Bun Toasting =11 seconds

    Assembly = 20 seconds

    Wrapping = 14 seconds

    Storage = Picked up immediately

    Customer Service = 45 seconds(11+20+14)

    Buffering - refers to a storage area between stages where the output of a stage is placed prior to

    being used in a downstream stage. Buffering allows the stages to operate independently.

    Buffering = 9 seconds

    StarvingIf one stage feeds a second stage with no intermediate buffer, then the assumption is

    that the two stages are directly linked. When a process is designed this way, the most common

    problems that can happen are Starving. Starving occurs when the activities in a stage must stop

    because there is no work.

    Starving = 6 seconds

    Cycle time - is the end-to-end delay in a business process. The business processes are the supply

    chain process and the order-to-delivery process. There are two types of categories in cycle times:

    supply chain cycle time and order-to-delivery cycle time. The order-to-delivery cycle time is the

    time elapsed between the placement of an order by a customer and the delivery of products to the

    customer. If the items are in stock, then it is equally distributes the cycle time and order

    management time. If the items are made to order, then it will be the sum of supplier cycle time,

    manufacturing cycle time, distribution cycle time, and order management time. To calculate

    the cycle time, the number and the nature of workstations need to be defined. It is basically the

    elapsed time between starting and completing a job.

    Cycle time = 20 seconds

    Bun Toasting

    (11 seconds)

    Assembly

    (20 seconds)

    Wrapping

    (14 seconds)

    Storage (0

    seconds)

    Customer Service

    (45 seconds)

    Buffer

    (9 seconds)

    Starving

    (6 seconds)

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    Bottle neck - A bottleneck in operations management occurs in sequential manufacturing when a

    backup happens in one step of the sequence. For example, if there are three machines on an

    assembly line and the first and last machines can produce 100 units per hour, but the second

    machine can produce only 50 units per hour, it will cause a bottleneck to occur. This is because

    the second machine cannot produce enough units to keep pace with the other machines. A

    bottleneck has a terrible effect on the efficiency of production. The stages following the

    bottleneck must function below their capacity because they do not receive enough input to

    operate at full capacity. The stages before the bottleneck need to slow down production because

    the subsequent stages cannot handle the capacity. As a result, the overall efficiency of the system

    is significantly reduced.

    Bottleneck = 20 seconds.

    Throughput time -Manufacturing throughput timeis the amount of time required for a product

    to pass through a manufacturing process, thereby being converted from raw

    materials into finished goods. The concept also applies to the processing of raw materials into a

    component or sub-assembly. The time required for something to pass through a manufacturing

    process covers the entire period from when it first enters manufacturing until it exits

    manufacturing. The concept of manufacturing throughput time is primarily oriented toward the

    reduction of time required by the manufacturing process, so that you can increase the amount of

    throughput flowing through your system and thereby increase profitability. It includes the time

    that the unit spends actually being worked on together with the time spent waiting in a queue.

    Throughput time = 45 seconds.

    Throughput rate - The throughput rate is the output rate that the process is expected to produce

    over a period of time.

    Throughput Rate = 1/ Cycle time.

    = 1/20sec = 0.05 seconds.

    Process Velocity(also known as throughput ratio) is the ratio of the total throughput time to

    the value- added time. Value- Added Time is the time in which useful work is actually being

    done on the unit. Assuming that all of the activities that are included in the process are value-

    added activities, value -added time should be the sum of the activity operation times in the

    process. By taking the same assumption so, we can say that value-added time is equal to

    throughput time.

    Velocity = Throughput time/Value-Added time.

    = 45seconds/45seconds = 1 second.

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    Efficiency - Operational efficiency is the ability for an organization to execute its tactical plans

    while maintaining a healthy balance between cost and productivity. In other words, it's your

    ability to get things done without costing the company an arm and a leg. Typically, this is

    affected by the productivity of the organization which is measured by examining the amount of

    output (product or service) for a given amount of input (assets, employee work hours, etc.) In

    order to increase operational efficiency, you strive to increase the output without a change in

    input of a similar order of magnitude. It is the ratio of the actual output of a process relative to

    some standard.

    In our project McDonalds peak hours are 12pm-3pm (weekdays) and 7pm-9pm (weekdays).

    They said that during peak hours they would be able to serve around 650-700 customers and if

    they assume that every customer order at least 1 burger so in one hour they would make 216

    burgers. But in order to avoid shortage they usually make 300 burgers per hour.

    Efficiency = Actual output/Standard output.

    = 216/300 = 0.72.(Assuming that Mac Donald produce 216 burgers per hour consider as an actual output

    and 300 burgers per hour as a standard output)

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    WEEKDAYS WEEKENDS

    12noo

    n -

    3p.m.

    7p.m.

    -

    10p.m

    .

    11a.m

    . -

    11p.m

    .

    12noo

    n -

    3p.m.

    7p.m.

    -

    10p.m

    .

    11a.m

    . -

    11p.m

    .

    NUMBER OF

    CUSTOMERS N 280 450 1000 350 520 1300

    ARRIVAL RATE (in

    minutes)

    = n /

    time(minutes

    ) 1.556 2.500 1.389 1.944 2.889 1.806

    AVERAGE SERVICE

    TIME (in minutes) T 1 1 1 1 1 1

    NUMBER OF ACTIVE

    COUNTERS C 3 3 2.5 3 3 2.5

    SERVICE RATE = c / t 3 3 2.5 3 3 2.5

    AVERAGE NUMBER

    WAITING IN LINE

    Lq = 2/ ( -

    ) 0.558 4.167 0.694 1.194 25.037 1.878AVERAGE TIME

    WAITING IN LINE (in

    seconds) Wq = Lq/ 21.54 100.00 30.00 36.84 520.00 62.40

    AVARAGE NUMBER IN

    SYSTEM (customers) Ls= / ( - ) 1.08 5.00 1.25 1.84 26.00 2.60

    AVERAGE TOTAL TIME

    IN SYSTEM (in

    seconds) Ws = Ls/ 41.54 120.00 54.00 56.84 540.00 86.40

    WAITING LINE ANALYSIS OF McDonaldsHYDERABAD

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    5.1 Important Notes On Waiting Line Analysis

    Following is the waiting line analysis of McDonalds situated in City Center, Banjara Hills, Road

    no. 1, Hyderabad:

    As per the details provided by the Manager, we have calculated the service and waiting

    times of customers served at the outlet.

    We have done our calculations for the peak times and the whole day during weekdays

    and weekends.

    The store is opened from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day.

    The peak times are 12 noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

    There are 3 working counters. All of them are active during the peak hours and 2 are

    active during other times of the day.

    The numbers of footfalls are mentioned in the chart.

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    5.2 Analysis Of The Chart

    As per the details given by the manager, the number of customers visiting the store are as

    follows:

    Weekdays 12 noon to 3 p.m. - 280

    7 p.m. to 10 p.m. - 450

    Whole day - 1000

    Weekends 12 noon to 3 p.m. - 350

    7 p.m. to 10 p.m. - 520

    Whole day - 1300

    The arrival rate of customers is 1.56 per minute during the day time and 2.5 per minute duringthe night time in the weekdays respectively.

    The arrival rate of customers is 1.94 per minute during the day time and 2.88 per minute duringthe night time in the weekend respectively.

    The arrival rate of customers for the whole day of weekdays and weekends is 1.38 and 1.80respectively.

    The average service time taken to serve each customer is on an average 1 minute during bothpeak and non-peak hours.

    During peak hours, no. of active counters are 3 but during non-peak hours, no. of active countersare generally 2.

    Service rate during weekdays and weekends in the peak hours is 3 customers served each minutei.e. 1 minute service time and 3 active counters.

    Average number of customer waiting in the line during peak hours in the weekdays is 0.558 and4.167 respectively.

    Average number of customer waiting in the line during peak hours in the weekends is 1.194 and25.037 respectively.

    Average number of customer waiting in the line for the whole day during weekdays andweekends is 0.694 and 1.878 respectively.

    Average waiting time for each customer waiting in line during weekdays in the peak hours is21.54 seconds and 100.00 seconds respectively.

    Average waiting time for each customer waiting in line during weekends in the peak hours is36.84 seconds and 520.00 seconds respectively.

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    IMPROVING SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE

    6.1 McDonalds E-Procurement System

    McDonalds E-Procurement System is basically a main reason for their successful supply chain

    management. It is so efficient that it provides the backbone not only to all the logistics but the

    whole McDonalds supply chain management.

    E-MAC Digital: Internet procurement site designed for McDonald's Corporation's 34,000

    franchises

    E-MAC Digital Company is E-Procurement website which is jointly owned by McDonalds and

    Accel-KKR Internet Co.It is a procurement hub launched in 2001 allow all of McDonald'sfranchises across the globe to buy everything needed to run their restaurants.

    In the process of procuring a product, a typical McDonalds franchise restaurant places an

    order through E-MAC digital website.

    The order is sent to the suppliers. Suppliers order is processed and managed by the

    logistics.

    The logistics sends the order of the products to the franchise restaurants. It is the

    responsibility of the E-MAC and logistics that the products are sent to the restaurant.

    All the above, steps are handled and executed by the E-MAC digital.

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    McDonaldsSuppliers

    Following are the McDonalds suppliers of food;

    Gavia Gourmet Coffee: Our 25-year relationship with Gavia has delivered countless

    cups of delicious coffee.

    Lopez Foods: McDonalds 100% pure beef patties are produced to the highest quality

    standards.

    Keystone Foods:Innovation and Chicken McNuggets

    100 Circle Farms: The potatoes for our World Famous Fries are grown with efficiency,

    precision and heart.

    Jiangsu Dingneng Foods Co. Ltd:Dehydrated onions

    Following are the McDonalds suppliers of equipment and other items;

    Zhengzhou Kerry Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd.

    Guanxing (Shanghai) Import & Export Co., Ltd.

    Guanxing (Shanghai) Import & Export Co., Ltd.

    Guangzhou Maibao Package Co., Ltd.

    Zhengzhou Shuliy Machinery Co., Ltd.

    Shantou Eastoys Factory

    Shantou Kai Dongfan Plastic Toy Factory

    Wenzhou Xiangou Foreign Trade Corporation

    Shanghai Tianwan Food & Beverage Equipment Co., Ltd.

    Shanghai Xinrui Catering Equipment Co., Ltd.

    Wuhan Xinhengyue Industry And Trade Co., Ltd.

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    6.2 McDonalds Logistics

    Logistics is the management of flow of resources between their point of origin and their point of

    destination so as to meet some requirements

    McDonalds - the largest fast food chain in the world selected Venus Pakistan as its logistic

    partner after careful and thorough evaluation. We are responsible for the procurement, imports,

    clearing, warehousing and distribution of all products to all McDonalds restaurants in Pakistan.

    In McDonalds logistic involves 3 phases

    Inbound logistic Operations

    Outbound logistic

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    Inbound Logistics

    It is the movement of materials from suppliers and vendors into production processes and

    storage facilities.

    Based on the demand forecast, Manager orders the Venus Distributors on daily basis.

    Venus Distributors stores all the raw materials, in its own cold stores and delivers only

    one-day material to the restaurant.

    Venus Pakistan established its dedicated McDonalds Logistics Operations in 1997.

    It also received the DQMP (Distribution, Quality, and Management Process)Certification from McDonalds USA Audit Team.

    Some branch has its own cold storage facility, which is used to store the daily-procured rawmaterial.

    There are only two products buns and Cokes, which are sent directly to the restaurants.

    Venus Pakistan has full-fledged facilities to pack locally manufactured products in

    sachets such as sugar, tomato ketchup.

    The transportationof McDonalds has been completely outsourced and since 80% is inrefrigerated truck movement.

    Multi-temperature and single temperature trucks transport the fast food swiftly to theMcDonalds restaurants across the country.

    The company has both cold and dry storage facilities with capability to store products up

    to -22 C as well as delivery trucks to transport products at temperatures ranging fromroom temperature to frozen state.

    The specially designed trucks maintained the temperature in the storage chamberthroughout the journey.

    Cold Chain Logistics

    Inboundlogistics

    OperationsOutbound

    logistics

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    A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain. An unbroken cold chain is an

    uninterrupted series of storage and distribution activities which maintain a given temperature

    range.

    It is used help extend and ensure the shelf life of products such as fresh agricultural produce,

    processed food. McDonalds entire network supply-chain consists of movement of goodsthrough a cold chain.Suppliers are also a part of this cold chain. McDonalds have the largest

    refrigerated movement of products. An interesting and innovative feature of this cold chain is

    that the same truck can carry products at different temperatures ranging from:

    Frozen products at -18C to -25C,

    Chilled products from 1C-4C

    Dry products at ambient temperatures

    Venus Custom Bonded Warehouse/Carrier owned by The Venus Group of Companies and

    operated by the parent company Venus Pakistan is the ONLY Company in Pakistan that enjoys

    the exclusive distinction of having its own refrigerated Custom Bonded Warehouse/CarrierLicense issued by Pakistan Customs. This means that Venus Pakistan is capable of providing

    frozen storage services to its customers without paying duties to Customs. Customers can simply

    pay the duties/taxes to Customs only for the quantity required from the Bonded Warehouse

    operated by Venus Pakistan. McDonalds expects its distribution partner to meet its standards of

    cold, clean and on-time delivery.

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    Operations

    Cooking procedure and recipe is documented so that the products become standardized and

    customers get the similar taste, quantity and quality to whichever restaurant they go.

    It is the policy of McDonald's to throw away any burger if they remain on heated grill for 15

    minutes. All the utensils and equipment used in cooking are washed at the closing of restaurant

    every night, with anti-microbial fluid. Kitchen, floor, washrooms and all other restaurant areas

    are cleaned after every half an hour.

    Outbound Logistics

    Outbound logistics is the process related to the storage and movement of products from the end

    of the production line to the users end.

    When customers enter the restaurant, they go to the counter, give their order, which they are

    served within a single minute.

    6.3 MCDONALDS TRANSPORTATION

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    The distributors receive items from different parts of the country.

    The items are stored in rooms with different temperature zones and are finally dispatched to

    the McDonalds restaurants on the basis of their requirements.

    The company has both cold and dry storage facilities with capability to store products up to

    -22 C as well as delivery trucks to transport products at temperatures ranging from room

    temperature to frozen state.

    The specially designed trucks maintained the temperature in the storage chamber

    throughout the journey.

    Matching supplier production with deliveries to meet schedules and restaurant needs.

    Centralized distribution centers.

    Emphasis on economies of scaleHigh storage volumes.

    QIP (Quality Inspection Program).

    HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) Food safety standards emphasizing

    prevention of faults rather than detection through inspection.

    No Knife in restaurants.

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    VISIT DETAILS

    We visited Mc Donalds outlet of city centre in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. Our guide was Mr

    Sandeep Mandwa, the Manager in store, who showed us the store operations. We got to see how

    different items were prepared at different temperatures and the storage of inventory.

    Firstly we started with the booking counter, where the employees book the orders of the

    customers. There were 5 systems in a row which meant that 5 customer can book their order

    simultaneously. Just below the systems there were racks where sachets of ketchups and straws

    were kept, along with them a transparent cap was also kept which the employees had to wear all

    the day at work so as to prevent hair fall in any of the products. We them moved on to have a

    look at the machines which were used to prepare the food items.

    There were 4 machines which were used to prepare French fires. All were fully automated

    machines. There was also a special instrument which was used to measure the size of the French

    Fries viz, Large, Medium, and Regular. The Oil which was used to fry was used only 4-5 times

    and then was replaced with a fresh lot. There were separate machines for the Veg and Non-Veg

    products. We got to see the containers and the also the process in which the products were

    prepared. Employees had to wash their hands every 2 hrs. Various charts were put up on the wall

    showing the process for preparing the products.

    We then moved on to the place where the utensils were washed. The utensils were cleaned inproper manner using water, chemical and again water. After that we moved on to the have a look

    at the CO2cylinders which were used to prepare the soft drinks. Just beside the cylinders there

    were the liquefied forms of the soft drink flavours. Then we entered the stored room where the

    entire inventories such as the glasses, tissue paper, straws, ketchups etc. were kept. There was

    another store room which was just adjacent to the previous room which was a freezer room

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    where all the vegetables and other items were kept in order to maintain the freshness of the

    vegetables.

    Some of the basic questions asked by us to the Manager were:

    1.

    What was the average lead time taken?2. How many people generally come in a day (weekdays and weekends)?

    3. In how many days do the inventory stock is replenished?

    4. Average sales in a day?

    5. Working terminology during peak and non-peak hours?

    6. Average wastage of each good in a day

    7. Average amount of order made in a day?

    RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

    In conclusion, the McDonalds Corporation has successfully maintained their

    reputation of being one of the most trustworthy fast food chains worldwide. As a result

    of their competitive strategy, strict quality management, efficient raw materials supply

    chain, and forecasting, they created an efficient operations management system. The

    company continues to utilize an effective operations management processes, which in

    turn helps them make their customers happy.

    McDonalds continually receives information from customers, employees, and the

    industry that effects short, medium, and long term decision making. Different kinds of

    information are received from all levels of the corporation and are used to learn more

    about the market movement and advertisement structure, including basic everyday

    processes in production and packaging of goods for the targeted markets. Forecasting is

    done in large by the corporation, as part of their responsibility to the franchisees and

    McDonalds shareholders.

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