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1. Examine the service delivery system of Benihana of Tokyo.

a. What are the flows?

A unique Japanese concept is used to deliver a food service to customers by serving freshly prepared food at the table by a chef using three basic menus. Since only fresh ingredients are used, storage is reduced to a minimum, i.e. 22% (including non-food areas as employee dressing room and office space) of total space compared to 30% in normal restaurants. The production flow is therefore very short, and limited to food being moved from the cooler room to the tables and being prepared at the table.

Supplier delivers inventories to organisation

To cold room

to

To tables

1 Chef and 1 waiter per table

Q1b. Where are the inventories held?

Inventories are negligible, and consist predominantly of fresh ingredients. The limited meat supply is stored in the walk in cold room.

Q2. What are the success factors?

- Concept of preparing and serving food......

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