Starbucks launches new coffee shop design

Starbucks continues to try and rejigger its brand, introducing toys for corporate training and a series of stealth stores.

In an effort to improve efficiency, and not just in the supply chain, Starbucks is hoping that “lean” production practices” will shorten the time it takes you to get your frappuccino. As part of the initiative under executive Scott Heydon (“vice president of lean thinking”), employees are being taught to use an economy of motion to achieve a task — similar to the guiding ethos in many Japanese manufacturing facilities. For practice, store managers are putting together Mr. Potato Heads in an effort to see how they can approach a finite task and shorten the amount of time it takes.