This paper will discuss the operational process of McDonald’s which is the worldwide chain of foodservice retailer. McDonalds can be found in 118 countries operated through the system of franchises owned by the citizens of that particular country. In total, McDonalds has 31000 restaurants worldwide which daily serves more than 58 million people. The foods that McDonalds provide are the symbol of taste and hygiene. […]

McDonald’s as a very large fast food chain company with almost thirty-one (31) thousand stores globally and serving almost forty-seven (47) million people every day (McDonalds, 2010), with that kind of a statistic McDonalds overall operations poses a challenge especially in forecasting demand for their products. McDonald’s have a complex set of applications that form a systematic framework that runs from sales data across all […]

1. Which characteristics of McDonald’s production system have been most important in building its record of success and growth? McDonald’s operating system is built on the characteristics of guaranteeing uniform quality and service and maintaining it remarkably consistent across all units. It mainly focused on factors such as providing customers with pleasant experience, fast service and tasty and inexpensive food. McDonald’s took several measures to […]

In 2008 McDonald’s management made a decision that was publicly criticized by all of the Dollar Menu enthusiasts. The fast food company decided to remove that second extra slice of cheese from the infamous fan-favorite Double cheeseburger. They have also experimented in various markets what the reaction would be when they introduce the McDouble burger with only one slice of cheese versus the Double cheeseburger. […]

Thomas Edison once said that “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. ” The words of Thomas Edison aptly describe McDonald’s Corporation’s formula for success. McDonald’s is a living proof that success is not achieved overnight. Success can only be achieved through dedication and commitment to excellence and hard work. Back in early 2000, McDonald’s suffered […]

It’s a well-known fact that technology is the future. The use of robots in the food industry will be a common trend in future and McDonald’s global organization is mainly controlled by IT systems. Their IT systems development is colossal and the technology serves as a fuel for the company to accelerate the progress.The social responsibility of McDonald’s on a region is influenced by the […]

In 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonalds Bar-B-Q restaurant in San Bernardino, California. McDonald’s offered hamburger, cheeseburgers, soft drinks, coffee, potato chips, and pie, which their big seller at that time was their 15-cent hamburger. McDonald’s achievement is constructed on the groundwork of personal and professional integrity. In 1955, a businessperson named Ray Kroc purchased the company from Richard and Maurice and […]

Mc Donald’s is a global foodservice retailer with more than 30,000 restaurants serving nearly 50 million people in more than 119 countries each day. The company was founded by Ray Kroc and in 1965 McDonald’s went public a hundred shares of stock cost $2,250 dollars that day would have multiplied into 74,360 shares today, worth over $1. 8 million on December 31, 2003. The stock […]

Globalization: A Give & Take Shortly after my 16th birthday, making me of legal working age in the United States, I reluctantly signed the papers to be an employee of the McDonald’s Corporation. I used the term reluctantly because to work in a McDonald’s holds deeply negative connotations in American society, especially amongst teenagers. For three years I cooked the food, worked the cash register, […]

Morgan Spurlock wanted to see what would happen if he ate McDonald’s for 30 days straight. Every meal, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, he was not allowed to eat or drink anything that was NOT from McDonald’s. He has to eat everything on the menu at least once. And, on top of all that, if they asked him to supersize it, he had to do it! […]