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That video was good, and it's been a few months since I've seen it, but I remember being a bit unsatisfied about the point you mentioned. It seemed implied to m
by DSMan195276 5y ago
That video was good, and it's been a few months since I've seen it, but I remember being a bit unsatisfied about the point you mentioned. It seemed implied to me that Wendy's and other places use the same kind of Taylor machines and it was never really explained why they don't break. I understand the idea that McDonalds requires using the Taylor machine which creates some of an incentive against fixing it, but it wasn't clear to me if the other companies don't require their use as well (which would create the same incentive), and even if they don't it doesn't really explain what's different about those machines since clearly they are functioning a lot better.
- colinmhayes 5y agoMcDonalds uses a different model than the other fast food places.
- DSMan195276 5y agoSure, but then why doesn't Taylor just do the same thing with the other models?
- daed 5y agoPerhaps the other companies don’t mandate usage of a single machine?
- DSMan195276 5y agoI don't know, that's what I'm asking. The video doesn't make it clear what's going on with those, and Google doesn't really tell me anything either.
- rincebrain 5y agoMy understanding from one of the articles was that McDonalds wanted them to make a special model that did away with some portion of the manual process in favor of press-button maintenance, and they did. Unfortunately, it turns out that it's hard to replicate the reliability and adaptability of human manual labor mechanically sometimes.
- lucioperca 5y agoThe point is that McD-corp gets IceC-corp big money by mandating a single machine from them. IceM(achine)-corp do this through broken maintenance process. Hence IceM-corp see machines very often and ensures as a third party that food-safety of ice-cream produced by these machines is satisfied. This is what McD-corp is getting back from it. They don't trust die Franchises and let them pay money for their own inspection.
- LordAtlas 5y agoSome people have suggested that somebody at McDonald's, involved in mandating the use of this particular model, may have benefited from the outcome.