Starbucks

Optimize Production Capacity to Maximize Order Fulfillment

To improve partner (employee) and customer experiences, Starbucks has developed proprietary new equipment designed to meet the growing demand for customization of hot and cold beverages and warm foods. This student team worked with Starbucks' Industrial Engineering team to determine the capacity needs and deployment of this equipment for over 30,000 retail store locations worldwide. This student team sought to learn about Starbucks' new equipment and current retail operations to create a model for proposed deployment of equipment. This model was envisioned to be able to optimize the equipment's size based on sales data, forecasted growth, and equipment parameters. This student team worked to provide a summary of their findings and present them in a report.