Restaurant solutions

AAI has developed a focused restaurant modeling solution that addresses design and operational questions for quick-service restaurants, as well as related transaction servicing environments. AAI's restaurant modeling solution is in use today by some of the largest quick service restaurant chains in the world.

Every restaurant store design, whether it is a beverage-only operation or one with multiple product brands, must be able to service demand peaks and provide the desired level-of-service to customers at a competitive cost. With simulation modeling, you can analyze kitchen layout, production operations, equipment, order entry processes and staffing levels to determine their impact on speed of service and improved service capacity.

When you are considering a new store design, a process improvement plan or the integration of new products and services, simulation modeling will provide the tools to help visualize and validate new concepts and strategies that may have operational and cost impacts. With simulation it is possible to:

• Improve level-of-service, throughput and store productivity by effectively deploying labor and store/kitchen resources
• Validate a proposed process change or facility design
• Compare level-of-service provided across multiple design alternatives
• Visualize the flow of activity from order placement through delivery

AAI has more than 10 years experience solving restaurant-related operational problems. Through this experience we have developed a specialized simulation solution - the Restaurant Modeling Studio (RMS). With RMS, AAI can provide:

• Project studies that may include store prototyping, labor productivity studies, new process strategies, etc
• Delivery and training of the RMS for ongoing operational and engineering analysis by your staff
• Mentoring projects - working with you to properly apply simulation technology to solve problems

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