In the recent ‘The Golden Dragon Awards and the Vietnamese Excellent Brand Awards 2019’ McDonald’s Vietnam was honoured  in the Sustainable Development Segment for its future proofing application of advanced technologies in operating restaurants and improving service quality.

On April 6, Vietnam Economic Times & Foreign Investment Department, Ministry of Planning & Investment, held ‘The Golden Dragon Awards and the Vietnamese Excellent Brand Awards 2019’ to recognise and encourage enterprises that achieve outstanding business results.

Nguyen Huy Thinh, General Manager of McDonald’s Vietnam at the ceremony

This year, with the theme ‘New Prestige, New Opportunity’, the organising board presented awards for both foreign – invested and local enterprises that made an effort to innovate and apply digital technology for the development of the community.

McDonald’s was recognised amongst the sustainable development enterprises thank to deploying ‘Experience of the Future’ (EOTF) model in operating its restaurant system and renovating service systems. The company is considered a pioneer in the food and beverage sector to apply advanced technology to improve service quality.

The evolving digital economy and advanced utilities have significantly changed consumers’ habits and purchasing behaviour. This is reflected in ways people are making orders and paying as well as new ways that enterprises take care of their customers. Enterprises will be left behind if they do not keep up with these challenges. At McDonald’s, it’s all about having a ‘customer obsessed’ mindset and the whole operating system is evolving around how to service customers better and more conveniently.

In order to keep up with the 4.0 technology revolution, McDonald’s is deploying a series of new standards about EOTF, including the use of technology, new standards of customer experience and service quality. Applying new technology, including self-ordering kiosks, mobile ordering and payment and table locators will not only bring convenience for customers but also help service staff spend more time on customers, enhancing the relationship between the brand and customers.

A ‘Guest Experience Leader’ (GEL) supporting customers to experience self – ordering kiosk and use McDonald’s Global Mobile App application to get information about promotions, news, recruitment, the menu and online feedback.

According to McDonald’s, EOTF will be part of the new services platform and creating new roles in the organisation, including Guest Experience Leader (GEL) role. This new strategic move is based on two key factors namely hardware and ‘heart-ware’. If there is no heart-ware, use of technology alone in the service chain is considered just a lifeless machine.

Besides applying new technologies, McDonald’s also focuses on training and developing skilled employees. Ms. Nguyen Thanh Truc Quyen, Human Resource Business Partner at the ceremony of the ‘Top 100 Vietnam Best Places to Work 2018’