Showing posts with label Process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Process. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2015

Frontier's New Reservation System Is A Disaster

(3/13/2015) You booked a flight and it turns out the waiting line on the reservation system is 'significantly' different from the actual flight time? Well, that's what happened in the Frontier Airlines' new reservation system. If you keep them wait a little bit longer, it is not a big deal (yet). But if you mess up their connecting flight or miss several days of passenger's vacation trip?

The key issue was the testing before launching the new system. How can their process improvement got so wrong which focus only on their internal system integration but forgot the consistency of the "moment of truth" -- which is the interaction between the passenger and the company's system?

I am appalled see that the solutions they respond is like this:
"The airline says that all issues with the system should be resolved by today, but in the event that doesn’t happen, the company posted a few tips for consumers on its Facebook and Twitter pages.
           Suggestions from Frontier included clearing your cache and using Google Chrome, as it apparently works best for FlyFrontier.com"





(3/25/2015) There is another problem in Frontier. This time, passengers are stranded on the plane for 18 hours due to a series of mechanical delays and crew issues. I can understand the mechanical delay. But after 12 hours of delay on the plane, and Frontier could not foresee lack of crew problem? That is a failure of risk management.


Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Where Process-Improvement Projects Go Wrong

(6/25/2013) I think this is a pretty good article about "Where Process-Improvement Projects Go Wrong." It is not complete or exhaustive, but it reminds me of our self-improvement initiatives (quit smoking, exercise, career change, or diet control....). Business is about people and that's why.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Supply Chain of McDonald French Fries.

This is an interesting video showing the supply chain process of McDonald French Fries from the potata harvest to the final frying. The second video is how McDonald makes their Big Mac burger (home version).