A Saturday checkout rush
48 departures are due out by 11:00 and the first arrivals are due at 15:00, with six attendants and one supervisor. Nobody can tell where each room stands without walking the floors.
- 48 rooms enter the queue. Management sees all 48 waiting.
- The supervisor inspects in batches while attendants keep turning rooms.
- Every room is turned. The supervisor knows which ones still wait for inspection.
- All 48 rooms are signed off before the first arrivals.
All 48 rooms signed off by 15:00, and the count could be read at every checkpoint without asking anyone.
Read the full case study