Right Condition :

Right Condition in logistics is all about safe delivery of the product. The product quality
should be maintained from its manufacturing & the packaging must be intact till the time it
reaches the end user or the customer. The distribution strategy should be such that it
maintains the quality in its right condition without increasing any additional cost.

McDonald’s being one of the famous & popular fast food company, delivering the ordered
food in its proper condition is a major concern. And this concern is being always satisfied by
their exceptional Logistic Operation. Delivering food in its right condition can be one of the
competitive advantage of McDonalds. For e.g. From a customer ordering an Ice-cream or
smoothies from McDonalds to receiving the ice-cream in a solid form instead of converting it
into the liquid state is known as delivering the product in right condition. If the Product is
been delivered in its right condition then only it will give satisfaction to the buyer after
having the product.

Delivering food in its proper or initial condition not only helps to mention its existing
customers but also helps to add new customer to its business model. Maintaining the safe
delivery of food need to be taken care by McDonalds during various occasion’s or festive
seasons.
Latest technology are also playing a major role in delivering food in its proper condition. A
single mistake will lead to discard several goods & along with that McDonalds may have
great loss on those accounts. McDonalds uses refrigerators & freezers in the distribution
process to move its goods from one place to another. This refrigerators & freezers will help in
maintaining the optimum temperature for the product along its journey. The loader also uses
the tray to avoid direct contact with the food. Some food requires to maintain the temperature
during the process of unloading as well so McDonalds uses small freezer, designed
efficiently in keeping a constant temperature.

Also the partnership with some to the good aggregators models like Zomato, Swiggy etc. is
also helping them to mention proper condition of their food along the delivery process. These
aggregators are very much efficient in the work & tries to deliver the product with least
change in the product condition.

Right time:

Time is one of the most important factor in the entire logistics process, since most of the
customers are having concern regarding the time of delivery. Even if the entire thing is
aligned properly and we have no control in the time consumption of each task then the entire
process will fail. It is very essential to have the product in the stock or on the shelves at the
right time to fulfill the existing need/demand. If the demand of the customer for that product
is not met at the right time it may led to loss of customers or market in front of your customer
who is fulfilling that demand with their efficient supply chain.

Time is everything for the success of business. One of the most important thing in business is
‘stick to the scheduled time to facilitate an efficient & smooth functioning of process.
Delivering food on time can be one of the competitive advantage for a company & they
should focus very much on it.

With various Route Optimization Software, a company can enhance shipment load planning,
routing, tracking etc. Some of the software like Abivin vRoute can give insight through
dashboard, charts & help in better decision making & therefore helps in saving time for the
company.
In case of McDonalds variability in lead time & variability in demand from their suppliers
put pressure on organization to maintain certain safety stocks. McDonalds uses a
communication software called ‘Weblog’ to view the order proposals. For each time of
ordering Weblog creates an analysis for the proposed orders. This software helps the manager
to view the amount of quantity been ordered, current stock levels & the due stock to be
delivered at a particular time. The system also automatically generates delivery note with the
exact quantity of delivery. This software helps in saving time for McDonald’s and run an
efficient process.
A large agency like McDonald's want suppliers to work with them to appear after sourcing,
warehousing, procurement, and distribution to run its enterprise however there may
be certain problems related to this that through hiring 3PL, that organization can maintain its
control over its logistics activities, the difference of opinion
and belief can deliver trouble in provider level, additionally, it grows dependency at
a certain time and emerges as stressful operations of the business.

All their supplier deals with various key distributors, who directly sends their material to
McDonalds to do business smoothly & providing product on affordable price & on time
product delivery. It also helps in the movement of order & receiving payments from
customers. The demerits of handling supplier chain at McDonald's are to incur a huge
investment of money, time, and additionally, its resources had to put into effect and has to
overlook the supply chain and increase in dependency.

For McDonald’s the biggest challenge was to ensure those vehicles coming to the restaurant’s
on time & want everything that was ordered meeting 100% quality including hot, chilled or
frozen. Starting from the raw material to the final products is to be delivered on right time &
is handled by the logistics management.