{"id":18009,"date":"2025-02-14T21:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=18009"},"modified":"2025-02-14T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:08:14","slug":"mcdonalds-china-triumph-harnessing-tencent-clouds-partnership-in-digital-transformation-and-consumer-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=18009","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s China Triumph: Harnessing Tencent Cloud&#8217;s Partnership in Digital Transformation and Consumer Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Enhancing McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> digital ordering system to efficiently manage both regular peak times and promotional surges<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">HONG KONG<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 14, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <b><span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud<\/b>, the cloud business of global technology company <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span>, has been a trusted partner of <b>McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span><\/b> since 2017\u00a0\u2013 a partnership that has helped McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> bolster its operational efficiency and be at the leading edge of digital innovation in food service. Leveraging its expertise in digitalization and cloud computing, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud supports the seamless operation of McDonald&#8217;s digital and store expansion initiatives. Moreover, it enhances McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> digital ordering system to efficiently manage both regular peak times and promotional surges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2620316\/Image_20250214095343.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2620316\/Image_20250214095343.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Shihong Chen, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald\u2019s China (right)\" alt=\"Shihong Chen, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald\u2019s China (right)\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span>Shihong Chen, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald\u2019s China (right)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the past 70 years, McDonald&#8217;s has become a leading retail food service giant with over 40,000 locations worldwide. <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Shihong Chen<\/span>, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>,<\/b> stated, &#8220;McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> chose to create an in-house digital department instead of acquiring a digital system from external suppliers. At the same time, a highly skilled cloud computing partner is still essential to McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, for the partnership on architecture and technology while fully understanding the company&#8217;s business requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the food service industry, consumers expect quick ordering and food pickup. Today, more than 90% <span>of<\/span> transactions at McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> are from digital channels. Therefore, McDonald&#8217;s digital ordering system must be robust enough to handle both regular peak times and promotional surges to ensure a consistently positive customer experience. However, simply increasing server bandwidth to boost capacity would lead to escalating costs. <b><span class=\"xn-person\">David Su<\/span>, Industry General Manager of <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Smart Retail,<\/b> said, &#8220;By leveraging <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud&#8217;s capabilities, the two companies collaborate on auto scaling to reduce costs during low-traffic periods while maintaining an optimal ordering experience during peak times. In complex and variable offline network environments, where network quality could be very low, ensuring that consumers can quickly access McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> online ordering APP and Mini Program presents a big challenge and is a key focus for <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud. Additionally, during promotional periods, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud provides\u00a0extensive technical support to safeguard applet data and protect consumers, while ensuring that product discounts reach genuine customers rather than being exploited by &#8216;coupon hunters.&#8217; We work very closely with McDonald&#8217;s. Whenever new challenges arise, the <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud team is there working together on finding the best solution from both a product and technical perspective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2024, McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> currently manages over 6,800 stores and has set ambitious plans to expand to 10,000. By leveraging <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud big data solution, McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> is now capable of conducting intelligent assessments of over one thousand factors for a smarter store location selection. <b>Su<\/b>\u00a0explained, &#8220;<span>F<\/span>or a specific location, we can assist the brand in determining the rationality of the site selection, as well as the specific store scale, format, and operational direction, based on desensitized environmental and demographic big data. <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud is dedicated to empowering its clients through the strategic use of big data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> digital transformation journey signifies not only a commitment to technological innovation but also a profound reimagining of its traditional business model. From the introduction of self-service ordering kiosks to today&#8217;s constantly evolving, comprehensive digital strategy, McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> has consistently prioritized consumer needs, leveraging technology to innovate and optimize the dining experience. Throughout the ongoing collaboration, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud has provided McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> with robust technical support and invaluable experience, serving as a model for other foodservice enterprises seeking to drive digital transformation. The partnership between <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud and McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> exemplifies how digital continues to shape and drive efficiency and innovation at the leading edge of the food service industry.<\/p>\n<p><b>About <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud, one of the world&#8217;s leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Enhancing McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> digital ordering system to efficiently manage both regular peak times and promotional surges<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">HONG KONG<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 14, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <b><span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud<\/b>, the cloud business of global technology company <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span>, has been a trusted partner of <b>McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span><\/b> since 2017\u00a0\u2013 a partnership that has helped McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> bolster its operational efficiency and be at the leading edge of digital innovation in food service. Leveraging its expertise in digitalization and cloud computing, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud supports the seamless operation of McDonald&#8217;s digital and store expansion initiatives. Moreover, it enhances McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> digital ordering system to efficiently manage both regular peak times and promotional surges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2620316\/Image_20250214095343.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2620316\/Image_20250214095343.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Shihong Chen, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald\u2019s China (right)\" alt=\"Shihong Chen, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald\u2019s China (right)\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span>Shihong Chen, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald\u2019s China (right)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the past 70 years, McDonald&#8217;s has become a leading retail food service giant with over 40,000 locations worldwide. <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Shihong Chen<\/span>, Chief Information and Experience Officer of McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>,<\/b> stated, &#8220;McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> chose to create an in-house digital department instead of acquiring a digital system from external suppliers. At the same time, a highly skilled cloud computing partner is still essential to McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, for the partnership on architecture and technology while fully understanding the company&#8217;s business requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the food service industry, consumers expect quick ordering and food pickup. Today, more than 90% <span>of<\/span> transactions at McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> are from digital channels. Therefore, McDonald&#8217;s digital ordering system must be robust enough to handle both regular peak times and promotional surges to ensure a consistently positive customer experience. However, simply increasing server bandwidth to boost capacity would lead to escalating costs. <b><span class=\"xn-person\">David Su<\/span>, Industry General Manager of <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Smart Retail,<\/b> said, &#8220;By leveraging <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud&#8217;s capabilities, the two companies collaborate on auto scaling to reduce costs during low-traffic periods while maintaining an optimal ordering experience during peak times. In complex and variable offline network environments, where network quality could be very low, ensuring that consumers can quickly access McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> online ordering APP and Mini Program presents a big challenge and is a key focus for <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud. Additionally, during promotional periods, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud provides\u00a0extensive technical support to safeguard applet data and protect consumers, while ensuring that product discounts reach genuine customers rather than being exploited by &#8216;coupon hunters.&#8217; We work very closely with McDonald&#8217;s. Whenever new challenges arise, the <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud team is there working together on finding the best solution from both a product and technical perspective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2024, McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> currently manages over 6,800 stores and has set ambitious plans to expand to 10,000. By leveraging <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud big data solution, McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> is now capable of conducting intelligent assessments of over one thousand factors for a smarter store location selection. <b>Su<\/b>\u00a0explained, &#8220;<span>F<\/span>or a specific location, we can assist the brand in determining the rationality of the site selection, as well as the specific store scale, format, and operational direction, based on desensitized environmental and demographic big data. <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud is dedicated to empowering its clients through the strategic use of big data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> digital transformation journey signifies not only a commitment to technological innovation but also a profound reimagining of its traditional business model. From the introduction of self-service ordering kiosks to today&#8217;s constantly evolving, comprehensive digital strategy, McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> has consistently prioritized consumer needs, leveraging technology to innovate and optimize the dining experience. Throughout the ongoing collaboration, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud has provided McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> with robust technical support and invaluable experience, serving as a model for other foodservice enterprises seeking to drive digital transformation. The partnership between <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud and McDonald&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> exemplifies how digital continues to shape and drive efficiency and innovation at the leading edge of the food service industry.<\/p>\n<p><b>About <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud, one of the world&#8217;s leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, <span class=\"xn-money\">Tencent<\/span> Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}