An Integrated Labor-Management System for Taco Bell

Jackie Hueter and William Swart
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Jackie Hueter: Taco Bell Corporation, 17901 Von Karman, Irvine, California 92714-6212
William Swart: College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0236

Interfaces, 1998, vol. 28, issue 1, 75-91

Abstract: Taco Bell Corporation has approximately 6,490 company-owned, licensed, and franchised locations in 50 states and a growing international market. Worldwide yearly sales are approximately $4.6 billion. In 1988, Taco Bell introduced six core-menu items for the reduced price of 59 cents and offered free drink refills. Taco Bell has since continued to change and innovate. Its new strategy meant restructuring the business to become more efficient and cost-effective. To do this, the company relied on an integrated set of operations research models, including forecasting to predict customer arrivals, simulation to determine the optimum labor required to provide desired customer service, and optimization to schedule and allocate crew members to minimize payroll. Through 1997, these models have saved over $53 million in labor costs.

Keywords: industries; agriculture/food; simulation; applications; programming; integer; applications; forecasting; applications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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