McDonald's Japan Using Nintendo DS To Train Employees

New software to cut training time in half.

by Jim Reilly

March 22, 2010 - According to a report from Japanese newspaper Nikkei, fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's will begin training all part-time employees in Japan nationwide using the Nintendo DS hand-held.

McDonald's has developed software for the Nintendo DS that uses the stylus "as an input device to teach the various kitchen tasks like deep-frying potatoes and how to interact with customers." Given the popularity of the console in Japan, McDonald's expects training will be streamlined and much more effective, cutting training time nearly in half.

Each restaurant will receive two Nintendo DS consoles along with the software package, and is reportedly costing the company 200 million yen, or about two million dollars.


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