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Restaurant Seating and Kitchen Flow Optimization

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Suppose you have a restaurant with a crunch of seating space and one crowded kitchen door causing delays. Would you create room for one more small window to expand the kitchen and make service quicker? What will be the impact on the small seating space? How to optimise the scenario?

Asked in the Case study round stage.

  1. Define the primary KPI and relevant guardrails.
  2. Explain how to quantify the trade-off between kitchen throughput and seating capacity.
  3. Recommend how to compare alternatives and optimize the layout.

Data available: seating layout, table capacity, order timestamps, kitchen-door utilization, preparation times, wait times, cancellations, and revenue by order and table.