Learning Launch - Restaurant Scenario

Challenge and Selection :  A Learning Launch is a carefully designed experiment or prototype designed to test the key  underlying value - generating assumptions of a potential new growth initiative. Vegetarian  restaurants in Udupi face problems in providing consistent standardised food to customers and  suffer greatly when their head chef leaves or quits the job.     Since the restaurants don't maintain a recipe book, which is essential for preparing consistent  standardised meals, in the case of the head chef quitting the job, the management has to find a  chef who's as efficient and expertised as the previous one, which doesn't really happen quite  often. And so, in order to prevent the head chef from leaving, the management has to pay him /  her a high fee.    Application :  For our first Learning Launch, we experimented on two vegetarian restaurants. Let's take these  restaurants as restaurant A and restaurant B for now. Each restaurant faced a challenge that  was different from eachother but had a similar solution to resolve them.     Restaurant A had a problem of providing consistent standardised food to customers, and  eventually began losing customers. They didn't maintain a recipe book and each day their food  tasted different. So we went there and spoke to the management, we adviced him that the  kitchen of the restaurant is in urgent need of a recipe book which has to be prepared by the  head chef. And also briefed about the benefits they would inherit from it.    In restaurant B, they had a problem of the head chef quitting his job, this created a havoc in the  restaurant. The management had major difficulty in finding a chef who was as efficient and  expertised as the previous, and also who cooked the same style meals. They were hiring a lot of  chefs on the line, but none of them cooked meals in the same style and weren't as efficient,  eventually the restaurant found a chef who was eligible for the post, but the management was  still in a state of concern, they were worried that the restaurant might gave a down turn if this  chef also decided to quit his job. So we went there and spoke to the management, and adviced  them that they should prepare a recipe book for their menu which has to be made by the  present head chef. And we also briefed them about the benefits they would render from it. The  one major benefit from having a recipe book was that they need not worry about cooking style of  the chef, since all instructions on how to prepare the meals are clearly specified.     Insight and Approach :  The solution of the need to prepare a recipe book in a restaurant proved to be successful in  both the restaurants, A and B. My team and I will try to reach out to other restaurants situated in  the district of Udupi and share our guidance and knowledge with them. We will also try to  counter some other major issues that restaurants face on a daily basis or at a particular period

of time. We have also come to a realisation that one idea can be a solution to several  challenges and problems.


Learning Launch - Restaurant Scenario Challenge and Selection : A Learning Launch is a carefully designed experiment or prototype designed to test the key underlying value - generating assumptions of a potential new growth initiative . Vegetarian restaurants in Udupi face problems in providing consistent standardised food to customers and suffer greatly when their head chef leaves or quits the job . Since the restaurants do n't maintain a recipe book , which is essential for preparing consistent standardised meals , in the case of the head chef quitting the job , the management has to find a chef who 's as efficient and expertised as the previous one , which does n't really happen quite often . And so , in order to prevent the head chef from leaving , the management has to pay him / her a high fee . Application : For our first Learning Launch , we experimented on two vegetarian restaurants . Let 's take these restaurants as restaurant A and restaurant B for now . Each restaurant faced a challenge that was different from eachother but had a similar solution to resolve them . Restaurant A had a problem of providing consistent standardised food to customers , and eventually began losing customers . They did n't maintain a recipe book and each day their food tasted different . So we went there and spoke to the management , we adviced him that the kitchen of the restaurant is in urgent need of a recipe book which has to be prepared by the head chef . And also briefed about the benefits they would inherit from it . In restaurant B , they had a problem of the head chef quitting his job , this created a havoc in the restaurant . The management had major difficulty in finding a chef who was as efficient and expertised as the previous , and also who cooked the same style meals . They were hiring a lot of chefs on the line , but none of them cooked meals in the same style and were n't as efficient , eventually the restaurant found a chef who was eligible for the post , but the management was still in a state of concern , they were worried that the restaurant might gave a down turn if this chef also decided to quit his job . So we went there and spoke to the management , and adviced them that they should prepare a recipe book for their menu which has to be made by the present head chef . And we also briefed them about the benefits they would render from it . The one major benefit from having a recipe book was that they need not worry about cooking style of the chef , since all instructions on how to prepare the meals are clearly specified . Insight and Approach : The solution of the need to prepare a recipe book in a restaurant proved to be successful in both the restaurants , A and B. My team and I will try to reach out to other restaurants situated in the district of Udupi and share our guidance and knowledge with them . We will also try to counter some other major issues that restaurants face on a daily basis or at a particular period of time . We have also come to a realisation that one idea can be a solution to several challenges and problems .