Day 204 - 15 Jan 96 - Page 52


     
     1        A.  Certainly, yes.
     2
     3   Q.   Can you give me a rough idea -- take a man of average
     4        intelligence with some considerable experience of
     5        McDonald's, how long, roughly speaking, does it take him to
     6        sort of master the job of being a Manager, I mean a Store
     7        Manager?
     8        A.  It would probably take -- I mean, it depends a lot on
     9        the individual, but on a -- probably six months.
    10
    11   Q.   Can you turn, then, to page 3 where I would like your
    12        help.  You were only asked about a little bit of this
    13        paragraph.  The second paragraph on that page, "You must
    14        become more attune to all the various accounts and exactly
    15        what has been spent.  Do not rely on Andrew to pull you
    16        through.  Control of the food account could be better.
    17        Find out where problems occur", and I think that is where
    18        Mr. Morris or Ms. Steel, whoever it was, stopped.  Then you
    19        go on, "Make sure monthly work variance analysis and
    20        statistical reports are used beneficially".  Is there a
    21        difference between variance analysis and statistical
    22        reports?  Are they different things?
    23        A.  I think the variance analysis was a part of the overall
    24        statistical report.
    25
    26   Q.   Yes.  That is an analysis or a report on what you have been
    27        spending, is it?
    28        A.  No, I think the variance analysis was used to take the
    29        individual items, work out how much it should have been
    30        used on a particular item and then work out if there was
    31        any deviance from that.  So if it said you should have used
    32        450 filet portions, for example, and you had actually used
    33        460, having knocked off your waste and your employee meals
    34        et cetera, then the variance analysis sort of highlighted
    35        any areas where things had gone missing or were not
    36        recorded correctly.
    37
    38   Q.   I see.  Then you write, "They are not just a paperwork
    39        exercise.  Waste counts."  I hope I have understood this:
    40        Are you saying waste does count or is waste counts a
    41        particular kind of thing?
    42        A.  Waste counts is when you count the waste and then
    43        record it.
    44
    45   Q.   It is a noun and not a verb, they are waste counts?
    46        A.  Noun, yes.
    47
    48   Q.   "Employee consumption and production control.  Ordering is
    49        not always on target.  Operating supplies have been
    50        haphazardly controlled".  Is there a difference between 
    51        ordering and operating supplies, or is operating supplies 
    52        what you get when you do your ordering? 
    53        A.  Operating supplies is what you get when you do your
    54        ordering.
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  Thank you very much.
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you, Mr. Davis.  Leave everything there
    59        and sit down.
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