{"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 Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/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, Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/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 Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½, 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 Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ 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 Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/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 Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111756/n