{"id":111756,"date":"2020-08-12T19:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T23:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756//?p=111756"},"modified":"2022-04-14T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T17:59:12","slug":"how-advice-from-chick-fil-a-and-simulation-analysis-shaped-ucfs-drive-thru-move-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756//how-advice-from-chick-fil-a-and-simulation-analysis-shaped-ucfs-drive-thru-move-in/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756//","title":{"rendered":"How Advice from Chick-fil-A and Simulation Analysis Shaped 麻豆原创/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2019s Drive-Thru Move-In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Housing move-in is often the first sign of the promise and excitement of a new school year on campus./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n

In a pre-COVID world, 麻豆原创/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2019s main campus is typically flooded during the course of a weekend with thousands of students lugging bedding, appliances, shower caddies and wall d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u00e9cor to their rooms at each of the eight housing communities./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n

But just like everything else in 2020, the pandemic changed the rules, and move-in for 6,000 students required a complex drive-thru process centralized in parking garages designed to maximize physical distancing./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n

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When April Konvalinka, executive director of housing and residence life at 麻豆原创, realized this year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2019s move-in would need to be especially creative, she looked to a friend /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2014 Chick-fil-A franchise owner and operator Jason Barnes /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2014 for some guidance. He is a member of the fast food chain/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2019s innovation team, which focuses on operating high-volume drive-thrus efficiently./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n

His advice helped shape some of the initiatives 麻豆原创 implemented. Key among those was identifying the number of stations to help keep traffic moving, ensuring each worker had no more than two responsibilities at each station and a complete dry-run to test the process./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n

It was a starting point, but Konvalinka knew she was going to need more help in creating the detailed new protocols. So she turned to 麻豆原创/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2019s IT project management office, a team that provides management and business analysis services across the university./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n

Konvalinka/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/u2019s request for help turned into an ultra-collaborative effort spanning 10 departments and more than 80 people over the course of three weeks to revolutionize move-in at 麻豆原创./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n