{"id":30334,"date":"2025-03-08T19:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T11:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=30334"},"modified":"2025-03-08T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T11:22:36","slug":"%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83-4-3-%e4%b8%87%e5%ae%b6%e9%ba%a6%e5%bd%93%e5%8a%b3%e9%a4%90%e5%8e%85%e5%bc%95%e5%85%a5-ai-%e6%8a%80%e6%9c%af%ef%bc%8c%e7%bc%93%e8%a7%a3%e5%91%98%e5%b7%a5%e6%97%a5%e5%b8%b8%e5%b7%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/30334.html","title":{"rendered":"43,000 McDonald's Restaurants Worldwide Introduce AI Technology to Ease Employees' Daily Workloads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 8, 2012 - Foreign media outlet TechSpot reported today that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e9%ba%a6%e5%bd%93%e5%8a%b3\" title=\"[Sees articles with [McDonau] labels]\" target=\"_blank\" >McDonald&#039;s<\/a>with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/ai\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [AI]]\" target=\"_blank\" >AI<\/a> Technology Enhancement<strong>43,000 restaurants worldwide<\/strong>of operational efficiency. The company's CIO, Brian Rice, says AI will help employees<strong>Relieve the stress of daily work<\/strong>, including interactions with customers and vendors, and issues such as equipment failure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30335\" title=\"3fd59d53j00sssy8g002gd000sg00i3p\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3fd59d53j00sssy8g002gd000sg00i3p.jpg\" alt=\"3fd59d53j00sssy8g002gd000sg00i3p\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" \/><\/p>\n<p>McDonald's piloted the device-side computing platform in select U.S. stores last year, with plans for a further rollout in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>1AI learned from the report that AI technology has a variety of application scenarios. For example, computer vision can<strong>Check order accuracy via cameras in the kitchen<\/strong>to ensure that customers receive the right meal; tested last year with IBM's<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>AI Voice Ordering System<\/strong>In turn, it helps to optimize the drive-thru ordering process. In addition, sensors on the kitchen equipment collect data in real time, the<strong>Predicting when a fryer or ice cream maker might fail<\/strong>to allow for advance maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Device-side computing can also be used to streamline restaurant management. For example, a \"generative AI virtual manager\" could help managers<strong>More efficient scheduling of shifts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald's did not disclose how many stores in the U.S. are currently using the technology. Market research firm Gartner analyst Sandeep Unni noted that McDonald's could face resistance in rolling out the technology to franchises and directly operated stores, while the cost of deployment could also be a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Whether AI is really necessary is a matter of opinion. Some argue that the investment might be better spent on employee training and day-to-day maintenance. If employees are better at ordering at drive-thru, ensuring order accuracy, etc., the need for AI intervention may not be as high.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 8, 2011 - McDonald's is using AI technology to improve the operational efficiency of its 43,000 restaurants around the world, according to a report today by foreign media outlet TechSpot. The company's chief information officer, Brian Rice, said AI will help employees ease the stress of daily tasks, including interactions with customers and suppliers, as well as issues such as equipment malfunctions. McDonald's has been piloting the device-side computing platform in some of its U.S. stores last year, and plans to roll it out further in 2025. 1AI learned from the report that AI technology has a variety of application scenarios. For example, computer vision can be used to check the accuracy of orders through cameras in the kitchen to ensure that customers receive the correct meal; the AI voice ordering system, which was tested with IBM last year, can help optimize the Diners Express order process. In addition, the kitchen<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[411,3102],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-30334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ai","tag-3102"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30334"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=30334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}