production process and that of a typical restaurant? How do these differences affect a customer’s dining experience? Method Typical American food: you order form the menu and the bus boy will bring to your table Food is prepared table-side. Provides unique “dinner and a show” type of experience. Floor plan: Allows more floor area for dining (only 22% of space is for preparation‚ storage and office space) Small bar/lounge area - Attentive: reduces labor cost and improves quality of service
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CHALLENGE 1 How many additional customers can Benihana service with batching? First of all‚ it was obvious from the first glance that batching strategy was the right one‚ as it was profitable. On the contrary‚ the non-batching strategy it was not profitable and there was a loss of $ 201.58. This is due to the fact that batching allows the restaurant to use fewer chefs which lowers the fixed costs maximizing the profit. We can also notice that in the cases of batching versus the cases of non
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1. What is the Benihana concept? The Beninhana of Tokyo‚ basically a Japanese Steak House has a very unique concept in terms of the idea of watching the food being cooked live on the table in front of eyes. Benihana featured traditional Japanese cuisine experience in the urban U.S metropolis. It was the first introducer of Hibachi Cooking style in USA‚ celebrating the cooking of food so alive and entertaining. This experience comes with Teppanyaki tables which accommodated eight people and live
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Benihana ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 1. ------------------------------------------------- What is the Benihana concept? Benihana restaurants are traditional Japanese hibachi steakhouses‚ which feature the Japanese cooking method known as teppanyaki. There are key attributes that separate Benihana from other restaurants. One is true Japanese authenticity. Every
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Abstract. This short case heavily references the “old classic” HBS case on Benihana‚ and is intended to be used in conjunction with a simulation that helps students gain insight into how Benihana achieved its profitability. The simulation helps bring out many key operational issues‚ such as how variability in demand and in processing can negatively impact profitability. The case analysis goes on to show how Benihana reduces variability‚ and illustrates concepts such as the product-process spectrum
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1964 as Benihana of Tokyo Employees: 1‚763 Sales: $81.6 million (fiscal year ending March 31‚ 1996) Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ SICs: 5810 Retail Eating & Drinking Places Company Perspectives: Helping our guests feel welcome is as important as our cooking. And it is just as great a skill. Ever striving for excellence in hospitality‚ it is truly our restaurant family who has built Benihana’s success. Company History: Benihana‚ Inc. owns and licenses restaurants in the Benihana and Benihana
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1. What is Benihana’s value proposition to its customers? Benihana strives to be unique and promises to be a fun place to eat for all. Benihana’s primary value proposition to its customers is providing high quality of quick service and authentic exotic food at reasonable price. Unlike a traditional restaurant where you place the order and food is served to you‚ at Benihana you get to watch the food being cooked and also get entertained in the process. Each chef has a different style and personality
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diagram of a Benihana restaurant on a typical busy night. a) See exhibit 1- Benihana restaurant flow diagram 2. Describe the process flow diagram in detail and contrast it with that of a typical sit-down restaurant. a) See exhibit 2 – typical restaurant flow diagram b) Benihana is much like a typical restaurant in terms of the main process flow of the customers. The flow begins with hungry people entering the restaurant and ends with full/satisfied people leaving as shown in exhibits 1 & 2. The
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one plane; elbow Biaxial: movement in two planes; jaw Multiaxial: movement in or around all three planes; shoulder 2. How does rotation differ from circumduction? Rotation is the turning of a bone around its own axis; circumduction is the circular movement of a limb. Circumduction can only be executed by a ball-and-socket joint‚ while the majority of rotation comes from pivot joints. 3. What is the specific role of the menisci of the knee? What about the anterior and posterior cruciate
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INTRODUCTION – BENIHANA CONCEPT Benihana is a Japanese restaurant chain‚ where the food is prepared at the client table‚ by native chefs‚ in an environment decorated according to Japanese culture‚ with pieces imported directly from Japan. The concept‚ based in cooking
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