McDonalds
Operating System Evolution 1980 - 2003
Introduction
Although McDonald’s production processes continue to evolve, their strategy at a store-level granularity has been to make profit by exploiting their process as best they can to make quality burgers and other food quickly. In order to improve their process and product, they need to look at ways to decrease the lead times, enhance the quality of the product while still empowering employees to quickly prepare the product, and automate process to remove human labor costs (even if that would mean increasing capital labor costs).
Production Process (1980 - 2003)
McDonald’s VS. Burger King Operationally, the McDonalds and Burger King stores are quite similar, however, some
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Its advantages are clear: (a), it could avoid producing a lot of tension in busy time. (b) The customers do not need to wait for a long time.(c) It could support production continuity. Disadvantages: (a). some events could not be predicted exactly, so some waste may exist. (b) it need extra labor and cost. Make-to-order: is usually used during slow periods. Advantages: (a) have good suitability accounting to the orders. (b) It could reduce the cost of employing extra employees or predicting systems. (c) It could avoid waste. Disadvantages: (a) When the customers or ordered increase, a lot of tension will happen. (b) Customers will wait for a long time in busy time. (c) it is not easy to deal with unforeseen events happened. Cost and Profit As shown in Figure A, McDonald’s and Burger King had similar fluctuation for hourly sales for daily demand. The peak hours are around 1pm and 6pm. To compare the cost and profit, we found McDonald’s was underperforming related to Burger King. The number of customers served and the number of sandwiches sold in June in McDonald’s was almost twice than Burger King’s which due to the extra operating hours and higher sales number at peak time. In Table1&2, we can see McDonald’s had higher efficiency, lower cycle time and higher production than Burger King. In contrast, McDonald’s gained lower margin. We concluded that McDonald had relatively lower margin (Table C) but higher sales volume. The
McDonald’s is a well-known fast food brand. It has been widely criticized for its advertising practices, which have heavily influenced children. It has also been accused of contributing to childhood obesity as well. After reading the case “CASE 2-7: McDonald’s and Obesity” I believe that McDonald’s has a right to advertise as much as they want. “If a food has a right to exist, a marketer has the right to advertise it”” (“McDonald’s and Obesity, n.d.). I think that any company should be able to advertise as much as they want to, but they should be respectful and advertise effectively. From the case study, it shows that McDonald’s is trying to accommodate and respect its role in obesity. McDonald’s is acknowledging the problem and is making changes. They are “promoting ongoing menu changes, the posters feature items such as a salad, a pile of free range eggshells, piece of fruit, and cups of cappuccino” (“McDonald’s and Obesity, n.d.). The company does advertise a lot, I can say from my experiences I have seen a lot on TV and through ads. I do think that they are reaching out to show they do have healthier options, which is why I feel that they should be able to advertise as much as they want. Regardless of the changes, I feel the company should be able to advertise as much as they want because when it comes down to it, it is ‘our’ choice to purchase their products and consume them whether they are healthy or not. They should not be restricted because they are a fast food company. The company has good advertising, as seen through their success. Advertisements are very persuasive and make you want what every thing they are selling, but it should not be the company’s fault. I do think that they should respect that obesity has become a problem and make effective choices when it comes to advertising, but they should not have to cut down. Fast Food companies should just be more aware and promote healthier option that they now have.
Cost is really one of the biggest differences between these two franchises. Aside from both places offering the dollar menu, their overall pricing on other items, is very different. A McDonald’s value meal can cost up to $4.00, whereas Burger King’s value meals can cost up to $6.00! Saving a few bucks by going to McDonald’s sounds a lot better than spending unnecessary amounts of money at Burger King. Just by looking at the sales difference between the two, you can see that people would agree. In 2009, Burger King’s profit dropped 10% in its second quarter, while McDonald’s sales grew a solid
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For this experiment, my roommate and I went to McDonald's to get some food. I decided that I was going to doing a jumping jack every time I got up and that I would clap above my head when I took a bite of food. I chose these actions because they aren't very common actions done by adults.
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