Embassy Suites Restaurant

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Embassy Suites Restaurant

• Jimi Wynn
• Andy Zimmerman
• Murray Nicholson
• Michael Lawrence

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Embassy Suites
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Customer Base and Market Strategy

• Embassy Suites customer base mainly focuses on
  commuters as well as business travelers.
• It targets corporate businesses as well as
  vacationers.

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Supply Chain in the Restaurant

• Embassy Suites gets almost all of its food for
  the restaurants through SYSCO.
• SYSCO is a distributor of anything from meat,
  poultry, fruits, vegetables, to anything that a
  typical industrial restaurant requires in the
  preparation of their food.

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Inventory Management

• Embassy Suites orders food everyday based on a
  push strategy.
• They keep par stock on all of their inventory to
  insure an ample supply for consumption of guests.

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Kitchen and Beyond

• SYSCO also supplies Embassy Suites with the
  proper utensils and machinery needed to fulfill
  the restaurants needs.

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Location, Distribution, Retail

• SYSCOs Corporate office is located in Houston,
  TX and has distribution facilities across United
  States and Canada.
• Embassy Suites requires the wholesale
  distributorship in order to operate the retail
  aspect of their restaurant.

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Production/ Distribution Cont.

• SYSCO makes orders through various dairy farms,
  meat packing industries and produce farms located
  across the country.
• SYSCO basis their purchases on quality and price.

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Transportation

• Embassy Suites and SYSCO both use trucks as their
  main source for transportation of goods.

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Ordering Process

• After the par inventory is taken, managers of the
  Embassy Suites must communicate with suppliers to
  have their orders arrive on time everyday.
• Orders are made over the phone or through E-mail.

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Organization to Move Supplies

• Managers are constantly filling out order forms
  for the delivery of new products.
• The use of Microsoft Excel and Access are
  proficiently used in keeping track of data.

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Conclusion

• The supply chain is used everyday in the day to
  day operations of the Embassy Suites restaurants.
• It is one of the most important components of
  keeping the business running.