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McDonald s Corp., the world s largest restaurant chain, is testing the use of remote call centers to handle drive- stanley thermos thru orders in an effort to improve service.Company officials said the idea, being tested at a small number of restaurants in the Pacific Northwest, is aimed at reducing the number of mistakes at the drive-thru window. If you re in L.A. and you hear a person ... with a North Dakota accent taking your order, you ll know what we re up to, McDonald s Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner said during a presentation to analysts Thursday in New York. CBS News Radio Correspondent Lou Miliano reports the strategy is based on the theory that mistakes come from the order-taker, not the cook line. Sending orders directly to a call center and back to the grill could also allow McDonald s employees to focus on delivering better customer service, the company said. You have a professional order taker with strong communications skills whose job is to do nothing but take down orders, said M stanley kubek atthew Paull, the chief financ stanley cup ial officer. Paull said a heavy percentage of complaints the company receives are from drive-thru customers who got the wrong order. Even if 95 percent of the time it is right, those 5 percent are very upset with us, he said.McDonald s spokeswoman Anna Rozenich said Friday it was too early to say whether the outsourcing strategy would be implemented systemwide.McDonald s shares closed down 16 cents to $32.59 in tradin Kvcq Secret Service: Uniformed agent hit by car near White House
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