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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Case Study Luca Coppadoro LonMark Sessions 2007
McDonald’s Smart KitchenCase Study
Luca Coppadoro
LonMark Sessions 2007
Agenda
EchelonBusiness Analysis of the Project– Why Smart Kitchen?– Why Smart Kitchen?
Solution Analysis– Project drivers– The good, the bad and the ugly
Technical AnalysisR ltResults– Business analysis
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Who Are Echelon?
Founded by Mike Markkula (Intel, Apple)CEO: Ken Oshman (Rolm)P bli l li t d Publicly listed company Headquarters: San Jose, Californiaq ,Offices: China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan South Korea Netherlands UK Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, UK Echelon employs about 330 people world-wideOpen Control Network Infrastructure Company
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The Vision
Virtually every component will have it’s own intelligence…y y p g
Networks Anywhere..and they will be effectively tied together
Working TogetherWorking Together…to support integrated functional control
Based on a Global StandardL W k EN 14908….LonWorks – EN 14908
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What is Possible Today
Increasing Business Intelligence
Transforming Data Into KnowledgeInto Knowledge
Connecting Networks to Networks
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Enabling Intelligent Devices and Networks
McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Background
Opportunities– Over 30,000 Company and Franchisee owned stores– Global Presence– McDonald’s is the leader in innovation in the QSR
Market. Other restaurant operators will likely follow the p ylead of McDonald’s
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Project Goals
Drivers– Improve visibility into operations– Optimise equipment maintenance p q p– Maximise food safety– Energy efficiency – the “green” factorEnergy efficiency the green factor
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Solution Analysis
Competition– NAFEM – A North American standard in the food
equipment industry– Wireless – No protocol explicitly defined
Echelon solutionEchelon solution– Power Line Communication (PL)
i Lon 100 XML interface to the enterprise– i.Lon 100 XML interface to the enterprise– LNS auto-installation
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Solution Analysis
PL Challenges– UL Specifications – leakage current issue had to be
overcome– Coupling circuit had to support worldwide deployment– 3-phase PL interface devicep– Vendor reluctance– Perceived lack of bandwidth on PL channelPerceived lack of bandwidth on PL channel
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Solution Analysis
PL Winning factors– Retrofit solution – no new wires!– All business data necessary could be collectedy– Proven Technology– Low cost developmentLow cost development– Highly optimised data communication
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McDonald’s Smart KitchenTechnical Analysis
Key technologies used in the project– PL Smart Transceivers
Retrofit capableMany used as gateways to existing communicationsWorldwide certified
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McDonald’s Smart KitchenTechnical Analysis
Key technologies used in the project– i.Lon 100
XML interface for enterprise applicationsAlarm generationData-logging
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McDonald’s Smart KitchenTechnical Analysis
Key technologies used in the project– LNS
Automatic installation tool to simplify owner/operator’s taskEasy interface for data access (PIMS Bridge Program)Support for Plug-ins to create standard equipment
fi ti configuration screens
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McDonald’s Smart KitchenSystem Architecture
In-Store Applications• Food Production Management• Product Quality Monitoring
Equipment Configuration
Enterprise Applications
O ti M t• Equipment Configuration• Crew Management• Customer Interface
• Operations Management• Inventory Management• Product Development • Equipment Performance • Remote Diagnostics & Repair
Store Ethernet / IP LAN
Firewall / VPN / Router
Store Ethernet / IP LAN
i.LON 100 Embedded Production Supervisor
Production Alarm Management
FT-10 / PL-20Router
FT-10• Production Alarm Management• Operations Scheduler• Data Logging
PL-20 LightingHVAC
14 Kitchen Equipment
SignageRefrigerationDrive-thru Control
McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Business Analysis
McDonald’s 5 areas of business benefit– Inventory Management
Taking information from the smart equipmentKnow what is in processCombing this information with historical trendsMinimize food waste in the restaurant
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Business Analysis
McDonald’s 5 areas of business benefit– Preventative and Faster Maintenance
Usage-based preventative maintenance rather than fixed scheduleAutomatic notification to suppliers of equipment problemI fi t ti fi tImprove first-time-fix percentageService equipment based upon usage rather than time
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Business Analysis
McDonald’s 5 areas of business benefit– Food Safety
HACCP Reporting (food and freezer temperatures)This is done manually today if at allExport temperature logs into standard reporting format
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Business Analysis
McDonald’s 5 areas of business benefit– Asset Management
Better knowledge of where assets are. (Many franchisees have multiple stores among which that they move equipment)Software revision management
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McDonald’s Smart Kitchen Business Analysis
McDonald’s 5 areas of business benefit– Energy Management
Certain equipment can be turned off depending upon the time of day and electrical costs. Automatic adjustment of set pointsS h d l d t t t ti t f i tScheduled turn on, not automatic turn on of some equipmentKey contributing factor to MacDonald’s “green” image
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ADITELCentro Formación Autorizado (ATC) Echelon
Cursos de Diseño de Redes LonWorks (cod. 201)Cursos de LonMaker (cod. 301)C ON SITECursos ON-SITE– Ubicación de curso en función de la demanda
Entrega de diploma oficial Echelon
Próximo curso23 .. 26 Octubre (Madrid)
Solicitud de registroSolicitud de registro:
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Registro abierto hasta el día 16
Thank youThank you
Luca Coppadoro
LonMark Sessions 2007
