Rethinking a Catering Service for Employees

Service Design
Project Overview
Rethinking the catering service for KLC cityhopper to be more sustainable and create a better service experience for its users.
My Contributions
This project was done with one additional team member. We both contributed equally to the entire design process. Near the end of the project I focused a bit more on visualization and presentation, while she focused a bit more of the cost calculations of our new service proposition.
The catering service at KLM Cityhopper generates lots of waste. In order to combat this, we were asked to research the current state on the service and develop concepts that could help reduce the amount of waste while also keeping or even improving the experiences of users.
KLM Cityhopper
Service Designer
2021

Focusing on the Crew

We chose to focus on the needs and experiences of the flight crew. Their valuations of their in flight catering service was low, due to a combination of it being unreliable, low quality and wasteful.

Mapping the system

Within this system there were many moving parts in which various stakeholders such as suppliers, meal assemblers, and security have to work together to create and deliver the meals. While lots of data was being gathered, little of it was used to actually improve the experience for the crew. The crew was already experiencing lots of pressures due to the effects of the corona pandemic and it's consequences for the aviation industry (e.g. extremely short turn-around times for flights, which can easily lead to delays).

Employee Experience

We developed the KLC Sustainable Employment Plan, which consisted of using an app, the catering service, and a playbook with insights from our user research. The concept is centered around reducing the food waste generated during flights and improving the current strenuous employee-employer relationship.

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