LGM kitchensync
Today’s commercial kitchens are continually challenged to produce more with less. Rising labor
costs, employee retention, and supply chain outages are part of everyday operations. The rise of 3rd party delivery & mobile ordering apps have created stress in kitchens not designed to handle their limitless potential. Right-sizing kitchen spaces and utilizing multi-functional equipment technology that optimize labor and support future growth are critical for concept development.
KitchenSync is LGM’s data driven approach to optimizing kitchen operations through design efficiency and integrated technology.
- Optimized labor & training
- Improved SOS (speed of service)
- Reduced employee fatigue
- Sustained or improved product quality
- Integrated technology that leads to future automation
LGM KitchenSync offers a holistic approach to analyzing and improving your commercial kitchen operations. Whether reviewing your entire operation or individual stations, LGM KitchenSync delivers actionable insights and tailored solutions to elevate performance. Key benefits include:
- Personalized recommendations for enhancing efficiency and reducing labor costs.
- Integration and right-sizing of equipment platforms to perfectly align with your operational needs.
- Modular, scalable prototypical designs that optimize production, minimize labor, and ensure gold-standard product execution.
- Identification of automation and labor reduction opportunities to future-proof your kitchen.
LGM KitchenSync provides the expertise and innovative strategies needed to transform your kitchen into a model of efficiency and productivity.
LGM KitchenSync Design Process
LGM KitchenSync employs a phased process to analyze and enhance commercial kitchen operations. By thoroughly examining current procedures, labor deployment, prep workflows, and cooking execution, opportunities for improvement are identified. This approach ensures the most economical and effective solutions are applied to optimize key performance indicators (KPIs) for immediate and long-term success.
The first phase focuses on aligning with the client’s objectives and defining key parameters, such as budget, timeline, and operational requirements. This step ensures that the project has clear goals and measurable outcomes, providing a solid foundation for all subsequent phases.
This phase involves gathering essential data, including menu and pricing details, floorplans, equipment specifications, sales and transaction metrics, and operational and training materials. This comprehensive data collection provides the insights needed to craft customized solutions.
An in-depth on-site analysis is conducted, including video documentation of kitchen flow and function, 3D Matterport video creation, product evaluations, TAKT timing measurements, and team interviews. This step offers a detailed understanding of real-world kitchen operations and potential bottlenecks.
Based on the data and on-site study, an evaluation report is prepared, highlighting key areas for improvement. This phase includes process mapping, an introduction to potential new technologies, and cooking demonstrations to explore innovative solutions.
With the findings from earlier phases, this stage focuses on designing optimized layouts, station ergonomics, adjacency improvements, and enhanced workflows. Typically executed in a four-stage approach, this phase ensures seamless integration of new processes.
The final phase involves implementing a prototype, both as a mock-up and in a live environment. This allows for real-time testing and refinement of the design and workflows, ensuring the solution is practical, efficient, and ready for full-scale deployment.
With a focus on efficiency and scalability, LGM KitchenSync helps kitchens adapt to current challenges while preparing for future growth, making it a cornerstone of modern kitchen design optimization.
LGM KitchenSync is designed to deliver measurable improvements in commercial kitchen operations through strategic planning and innovative solutions. The key objectives include:
- Integration of current technologies to reduce labor, enhance speed of service (SOS), and maintain or improve product quality.
- Creation of ergonomically optimized stations, right-sized for peak periods and structured to minimize employee fatigue.
- Enhanced flow and functionality through improved station adjacencies, ensuring seamless kitchen operations.
- Development of prototypical layouts that incorporate all efficiency, quality, and ergonomic goals.
- Establishing clear pathways for future automation, preparing your kitchen for long-term success.
LGM KitchenSync ensures every aspect of your operation is strategically aligned for peak performance today and scalability for the future.
LGM Kitchensync concept design
LGM KitchenSync is our innovative, data-driven approach to revolutionizing commercial kitchen operations by combining design efficiency with cutting-edge technology. This solution is tailored to meet the evolving demands of the foodservice industry, enhancing productivity while maintaining top-notch quality. Key benefits include:
- Optimized labor and training for streamlined workflows.
- Improved SOS (speed of service) to handle high-demand scenarios efficiently.
- Reduced employee fatigue, promoting a healthier and more sustainable work environment.
- Maintained or improved product quality, ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Integrated technologies paving the way for future automation and scalability.
LGM KitchenSync empowers kitchens to operate smarter, faster, and more effectively, setting a new standard for efficiency and innovation in the industry.
LGM KitchenSync's Four-Phase Stage Gate Approach
LGM KitchenSync follows a four-phase stage gate approach with check-ins along the process to ensure project goals and guardrails are being maintained.
Gathering Information, current floorplans and how many variations exist, menu, sales reports
- On-site study – Video, pictures, Matterport Current prototype
- Utility or construction restraints
- Current equipment testing
Concept development
- Introduce new equipment platforms and technology.
Explain flow of production, labor deployment and station adjacencies. - 2D Plans and basic elevations
- Basic dimensions, clearances and working heights
Design Development
- Refined schematic design incorporating client comments
- Further develop stations to incorporate requirements – packaging, utensils, KDS/ printers, LTO/special requirements, sanitation.
- 3D rendered images
- Plan-o-grams
- Labor deployment and operational changes
Integration
- Refined prototype testing
- Shop drawings
- Equipment specifications
LGM KitchenSync Data Request Process
LGM KitchenSync typical data requests consist of the following information:
- LTO’s
- New menu initiatives
- Current prototype plans – REVIT if possible
- Variations of existing kitchens
- Equipment schedule and specifications
- Preference of equipment manufacturers
- Product Mix (PMIX) – for all Menu Items
- Daily and Hourly Sales
- System sales distribution – regional variations
- Procedures, Recipes, and Builds for all menu items
- Station job aids, Ops Manual.
- Workstation Plan-O-Grams if available
- Staffing Deployment Matrix
lgm kitchensync advanced visualization
LGM KitchenSync leverages cutting-edge 3D design technologies to bring your kitchen transformation to life. By utilizing Autodesk’s REVIT platform combined with high-speed rendering programs, we create realistic images and immersive walk-throughs, offering your team a detailed preview of newly developed stations and layouts.
During on-site visits, we further enhance the process with Matterport cameras, capturing real-time 3D walk-throughs of current operations. This comprehensive visualization ensures that proposed designs are both functional and tailored to the unique needs of your commercial kitchen.
- Follow up with any additional information requested
- Schedule a follow-up meeting or site visits to better understand your operation
- Personalize a scope of work to meet your challenges and goals