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Operations Management
McDonald's
KRISHNA RAJ N S
MBAABM
KERALAAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
mynameiskrishnaraj@gmail.com
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Overview
HISTORY
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
WHAT MAKES MCDONALD’S DIFFERENT ?
SUPPLY SIDE
EXTRAS
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The Mc Way
• Move Forward
• Contributions
• Develop
• Open Communications
• No Losers
• Actively Listen
• Leverage Diversity
• Deliver
• Support
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A Brief History of Time
• McDonald’s is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants
• Founder : Ray Croc
• Founded: 1955 April 15 at Illinois , United States
• CEO: Steve Easterbrook
• Headquarters: Illinois, United States
• Stock Price: * (NYSE)
• Spreaded Over 36000 locations worldwide
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A Brief History of Time
• McDonald’s was started as a drive-in restaurant by two
brothers, Richard and Maurice Mcdonald in California,US
in 1937
• They used assembly line procedures in their kitchen for
mass production
• Speed Service Cleanliness were the critical succsess
factors
• Prices were kept low
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A Brief History of Time
• Later, Ray Croc, distributor for Milkshake Machines
interested in McDonald Business and finalized a deal with
Mc Brothers in 1954
• He established a franchising company, Mcdonald Inc.
• In 1961, He brought out Mc Brothers’ share for $2.7
million and changed the company name to McDonald's
Corporation
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From the very beginning, Ray Kroc's energy and vision
formed the foundation of the McDonald's business
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Ray Kroc- Business Model
• Ray Kroc- Developed a business model
known as “The Three Legged Stool.”
Owner/Operator, Suppliers and Employees
• Just as all three legs of a stool need to be
equal to support the weight, all three
elements of the McDonald’s system are
equally important partners in McDonald’s
success.
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Brand Strategy
• 2003-2008 “I’m Lovin’ it” is an international branding
campaign
• It was the company's first global advertising campaign.
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System Boundaries
Input
Raw materials Energy
Labour Factories
Machineries Capital
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System Boundaries
• Raw materials acquisition
• Manufacturing, Processing and Formulation
• Distribution and Transportation
• Use/ Reuse / Maintenance
• Recycle
• Waste Management
Throughput
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System Boundaries
•Usable products
•Salary and Wages
•Other Services (Pulse Polio etc.)
•Water effluent
•Airborne emissions
•Solid wastes
Output
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Products
• Mc Donald’s sells Hamburgers, Chicken
sandwiches, French fries, Soft drinks, Breakfast
items and Deserts.
• Mc Donald’s also offers salad and vegetarian
items, wraps and other localized fare
• In India they sells McVeggie, Veg McCurry,
PanChicken McGrill ,Chicken Maharaja Mac etc.
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Competition
• McDonald’s is currently ranked second
amongst its top competitors in the FFHR
subsector.
• # 1 – Burger King
• # 2 – McDonald’s
• # 3 - Wendy’s
• Three competitors hold 71% of the FFHR
market
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Supply Side Operation Strategy
•Quality
•Service
•Cleanliness
•Value
• How all those can be ignored !!?
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Operation Technics
• McDonald’s Corporation’s operations management
(OM) supports the company’s position as the
largest fast food restaurant chain in the world
• The 10 decisions of operations management
represent the various strategic areas of operations
that must be coordinated for optimal productivity
and performance.
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Design of Goods and Services
McDonald’s goal in this strategic decision area of
operations management is to provide affordable
products. As such, the serving sizes and prices of its
products are based on the most popular consumer
expectations. However, some McDonald’s products
are minimized in size to make them more
affordable.
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Quality Management
The company aims to maximize product
quality within constraints, such as costs and
price limits. McDonald’s uses a production
line method to maintain product quality
consistency. Consistency satisfies consumers’
expectations about McDonald’s and its brand
in this strategic decision area of operations
management.
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Process and Capacity Design
McDonald’s process and capacity design is centered
on efficiency for cost-minimization that supports
the company’s strategies. This strategic decision
area of operations management focuses on
maintaining process efficiency and adequate
capacity to fulfill market demand. At McDonald’s,
the production line method maximizes efficiency
and capacity utilization
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Location Strategy
McDonald’s goal in this strategic decision area of
operations management is to establish locations for
maximum market reach. McDonald’s marketing
mix includes restaurants, kiosks, and the company’s
website and mobile app as venues. Through these
locations/venues, McDonald’s reaches customers in
traditional and online ways
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Layout Design and Strategy
McDonald’s uses practicality for this
decision area of operations management.
The strategy involves maximizing space
utilization in restaurants and kiosks, rather
than focusing on comfort and spaciousness.
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Job Design and Human Resources
McDonald’s human resource strategies involve
training for skills needed in the production line in
restaurant kitchens or production areas. For this
decision area of operations management, individual
and organizational learning are also emphasized to
support McDonald’s organizational culture
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Supply Chain Management
The firm’s global supply chain supports its various
locations around the world. McDonald’s has a
strategy of supply chain diversification for this
decision area of operations management. Such
strategy involves getting more suppliers from
different regions to reduce McDonald’s supply chain
risks.
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Inventory Management
McDonald’s goal for this strategic decision area of
operations management is to minimize inventory
costs while supporting restaurant operations. The
company does not directly sell products and
ingredients to its restaurants. Instead, local and
regional intermediaries and distributors coordinate
with McDonald’s restaurant managers to manage
their inventory
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Scheduling
McDonald’s uses corporate conventions for
scheduling, based on local market conditions and
laws, as well as supply chain needs. For example,
the company’s strategy involves regular and
seasonal schedules to address fluctuations in local
market demand. Thus, in this decision area of
operations management, McDonald’s is flexible and
adapts to local market conditions
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Maintenance
McDonald’s lets restaurant managers or franchisees
select maintenance service providers. However, for
kitchen/production equipment, McDonald’s
Corporation also has certified/approved maintenance
providers. Thus, the company addresses this
strategic decision area of operations management
through local and corporate control
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Productivity at McDonald’s
McDonald’s works toward maximum productivity in all of
its business areas
 Order fulfillment rate (McDonald’s restaurant
productivity)
 Stockout rate (Intermediary/distributor productivity)
 Timely delivery rate (McDonald’s delivery productivity)
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How Do McDonalds Kitchens
Operate?
From the second you order, the McDonald’s people at
different preparation stations around the kitchen begin
toasting the buns, adding ingredients and packaging your
food so that your meal arrives fresher, hotter and tastier,
every time. They prepare food only after you have ordered
it, not before !
JIT INVENTORY OPERATION MEANING "JUST IN TIME”
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Source of Ingredients
• Ingredients comes through global network of suppliers
• According to growing season, availability and choices
• Suppliers strictly meets strict quality and safety standards
WHAT MAKES MCDONALD’S
DIFFERENT ?
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WHAT MAKES MCDONALD’S
DIFFERENT ?
Crunchy Farm-fresh Vegetables
They select the best of the best vegetables that are
continuously monitored for freshness, high nutrients and
safety, to maintain top quality standards. They use
regional/local suppliers to ensure that the freshness and high
quality are delivered to you in all their products.
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WHAT MAKES MCDONALD’S
DIFFERENT ?
High Quality Baked Buns
They source their buns from suppliers who use only high
quality wheat. All the buns are subject to strict quality and
safety controls all through the production process.
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WHAT MAKES MCDONALD’S
DIFFERENT ?
Meat With 100% Purity
They are made from halal beef cuts with no additives or
preservatives. Chicken that the serve is carefully deboned
breast meat only, with seasoned batter and a choice of
sauce portions, while their Spicy McCrispy Chicken
Deluxe uses only muscle cuts. All relevant authorities
monitor their high quality standards of halal chicken.
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WHAT MAKES MCDONALD’S
DIFFERENT ?
High Energy Wholesome Dairies
To maintain the high quality standards of the world famous
McDonald’s cheese, shakes, Mcflurry and Sundaes, they
ensure that the fresh milk comes from the approved regional
and local suppliers. Quality control procedures are followed
throughout the supply chain
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WHAT MAKES MCDONALD’S
DIFFERENT ?
Fries-Naturally Crisp
Their fries are crispy and far from the ordinary. The
secret lies in the harvesting of high quality potatoes that
come from trusted suppliers. The potatoes are then
cooked using only 100% vegetable oil with no fats or
flavours and only some salt is added after cooking.
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SUPPLIERS
McDonald’s works closely with suppliers to encourage
 Innovation
 Assure best practices
 Continuous improvement
 Risk management
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Responsible Suppliers
• “Only purchase from suppliers who meet our
stringent food safety standards, but who also share
our commitment to social responsibility and
sustainability”
• rain forest and antibiotics policies
• supplier social accountability program
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Packaging
• Set of procedures for wrapping the food were
developed
• Introduced thinner paper based wrap consisting f 3
layers of tissue
• Less pollution, less costly
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Two Level Safety Food Method
Routine Food Safety Inspection Mechanism
&
SGS
(Internationally recognized independent accreditation
company, leader in inspection testing and certification)
* In the past 18 months, over 350* McDonald's ingredients have undergone food testing conducted
by SGS, results of which are all satisfactory.
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Reducing Food Wastage
Since 2009 all McDonald’s kitchens have operated via a system
called “Made For You”
• Food production only after order
• Automated Cooking Facilities
• Cooking time and temperature controlled
• So wastage reduced to less than 1%
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How Do McDonalds Process Food?
• All McDonald's products
comply with the most stringent food safety and quality
standards. Every procedure is monitored thoroughly
HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)
Systematic, preventive approach to ensure food safety
that identifies, evaluates and controls all hazards
GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)
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Problems in Operations
Location Planning
• McDonalds Restaurants have their location in such a way
that maximum customers visit their restaurants
*No parking facility for the customers
Some customers may have no waiting time to eat in, but
there is no drive thru facilities
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Problems in Operations
• Improper capacity planning
* failure to deal with peak hours
• Inventory management
* inappropriate ordering or miscalculation of stock
• Batch processing
* numbers of sandwiches are made at the same time with the
same condiments.. Waiting needed for new batch in case of a need of variety.
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Sample Product- Delivery System
(Beef Burger)
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Hamburger University
In 1993, McDonald’s
invested $40 million
in Hamburger
University, a 130,000-
square foot facility on
an 80-acre campus
located at McDonald’s
Corporate in Oak
Brook, IL.
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Nutrition Information
•1st restaurant to place
its information in an
easy-to-read graphic
format on their
packaging
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McCafe
• Features a relaxed adult atmosphere. Offers customers a
variety of specialty coffee drinks along with muffins,
pastries and sandwiches
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GO GREEN
In several countries across the McDonald’s System, restaurants are
recycling their used cooking oil to sell to companies that
specialize in refining the product into clean burning diesel for
consumer use.
In 2006, McDonalds in the U.S has began developing green
restaurants.
• Floor Tiles with a high recycled content
• Efficient Lighting Products, Skylights and Daylight controls
• High efficient rooftops
• Water conserving toilets
McDonald’s has taken the initiative to incorporate used cooking oil
into their operations
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