Exam 1 Material Flashcards

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Commercial FS

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For profit
Restaurant places
Have to accommodate for customers tastes/trends/wants

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Non-commercial (other name and define)

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On-site or institutional: goal is not profit or food service. They have other goals like healthcare in mind but still serve food

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On site examples

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Hospital, schools, long term, congregate meals?

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How does the demand in on-site change?

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Time of year- flu season
Special events planned
Less people in hospitals around holidays
No school in summer or weekends

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If a form of food purchased is raw what has to happen?

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More labor and it is low on the Food Processing Continuum since it has to be prepared (fresh raw carrots versus personal pkg of baby carrots)

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Challenges in On-site FS

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Customer diversity 
Diet accommodations
Governmental control/policies 
Food insecurity
Food safety
Workforce available
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Types of FS systems (5)

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Conventional (on-site), centralized, ready prepared, assembly serve, combination system

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Conventional FS system: example/ good and bad?

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West haven- cook and serve in same building
Pro: freshly served food, recipe flexibility
Con: more labor costs, food costs low control with bad or changing menus

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Centralized: example good and bads?

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ISU Dining Bakery: one kitchen makes food, holds it frozen/chilled/or hot, then sends to receiving kitchen to serve it.
Pro: can use USDA foods and equipment well, high control, lower labor costs, choose when to produce food, quality and inventory controlled
Con: high investment, transportation, monotonous jobs, food safety, employees don’t see customers

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Ready-Prepared: example, pro and cons?

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Place that cook chill or cook freeze in bulk
Pro: flexibility in production schedule, low labor costs
Con: limited menu (only freeze able), perceived loss of food quality, can’t use fresh produce

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Assembly-serve: example, good and bad

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A cafe on campus: Buy convenient and pkg food then serve them
Pro: low labor and equipment
Bad: high food cost, lower quality and food variety, small menu

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Combination System: example, good, and bad

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ISU campus= conventional dining centers with centralized bakery and for soup in cafes and assembly serve in cafes
Good: breaks monotony, high food quality and variety, works well with how the specific system needs to function

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System definition

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Parts coordinated to accomplish set of goals

Organized collection of interrelated elements in a boundary and functional unity

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4 characteristics of systems

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  • within an environment
  • made of subsystems
  • have central purpose/goal
  • focus on interrelatedness among subsystems
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3 parts of basic system

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Inputs
Transformation
Outputs

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5 levels to a system

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Environment: body 
Macro system: digestive system 
System: small intestines 
Subsystem: enterocyte 
Components: hormones, channels
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SHPPS, 2012

Policy made…what part of system is this?

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School Health Policies and Practices
Goal to improve the environment of school nutrition.

Part of the environment of school system

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Examples of inputs

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Resources=
Human, materials, facilities
Labor, food, supplies, energy, technology, money, physical environment

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Parts of transformation process

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Tasks- required skills

People- expectations, values, needs

Structure- organization, menu controls, finances, recipes, forecasting

Processes- leadership, decision making, planning, relationships, problem solving

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Parts of outputs

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Food and labor costs, quality and quantity of food, food safety, quality of service, employee and customer satisfaction, job turnover, operation growth

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Controls

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Menu, planning, budgets, standard recipes, forecasting

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Feedback

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Customer satisfaction, did you meet the budget?

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Interdependence

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Parts of a system relying on each other

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Integration

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Parts of the system sharing the same goals and objectives of entire organization

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Synergy
Parts working together to make more impact than parts working alone
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Interface
Point where the system meets the environment (waitress serving food to public)
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5 management functions
``` Plan Organize Control Direct/lead Staffing ```
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Effectiveness
Doing the right things | Are we making what out people want?!
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Efficiency
Doing the right/correctly Do we have a process that lets us meet our quality and quantity goals?
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TQM
Total Quality Management (now CQI- continuous quality improvement) Decreased managerial levels, everyone gives input
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Collaborate
To work with PERSON or GROUP to achieve something School cook works with kids, parents, and school board
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Monitor
Watching
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Controlling
Taking action when monitoring and seeing something wrong
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Trend
Definite predictable direction of events that impacts: | Social, political, or economy
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Characteristics of Trends
Slow oncome Peaks later and longer Never comes back down to base Net change is seen and realized
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Fad
Quick oncome Returns to base No net change realized
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Examples of trends talked about
Local foods, sustainability, plate waste reduction, scratch cooking, move from cost to Profit center
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Cost versus profit center
Cost- need more money than you are making Profit- either make money or break even (schools) Increase revenue and decrease expenses and hold acct
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What is the Lesley case?
Violation of disabilities act when Lesley university did not acknowledge celiac disease and accommodate it
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Other trends...
``` Aging population Globalization Allergies Difference in training Hospitals with less LOS so restaurant style LTC ```
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Drivers of sustainability movement?
``` Increase small farm business Fight corporations Environment and economic concerns Obesity Need to educate children International food safety concerns Animal welfare (Misconceptions- organic=healthy, local=less fuel, local foods=reverse obesity) ```
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2 reasons for procurement policies in purchasing?
Make sure farm is approved supplier- GAPs Meet food safety concerns Make sure paying methods are fully understood and delivery
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2 terms used in sustainable procurement?
3rd party buyers- don't go right thru farm (food hub) GAP- good agricultural practices FSMA- food safety modernization act Product specs- producer needs to know what buyer needs
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Onsite Benefits and challenges to buying from local sources?
Good: smaller cases, promote local and regional economy, unique products, good marketing aspect, fresh and safe food Bad: not always available, more labor and COSTs, hard to order, not reliable supply, too many vendors, safety/liability
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Most vulnerable area for food safety when buying local
In the preparation and retail phase (not farm, processing, or consuming)
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Strategic management definition
Systematic analysis of in and ex environment to provide basis for making best management practices. Goal: better alignment of organization policies and strategic priorities.
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Strategic planning definition
Process of envisioning organizations future and develop procedures and operations that achieve it.
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4 types of planning
Tactical- day to day: no show Short term- 2 week to month: staffing Long term- 1-3 years Strategic- 5 years or when something changes
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Key words in management definition:
Systematic- way of analysis External environment- customers and competition Internal environment- organization
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AND strategic plan uses....
Vision, mission, goals, then strategies
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ISU strategic plan uses....
Mission, vision, priorities then goals
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Mission:
Why organization exists | Statement- guides values and how to meet goals
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Vision:
What an organization wants to become
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Goals:
What an organization wants to accomplish over long period of time
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Objectives:
Concrete, specific statements on how you plan to accomplish goals
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Strategy:
Very precise plan to achieve goals and objectives and using resources wisely
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Concepts with strategic planning
Strategic and systematic process Choosing priorities Build commitment
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SWOT (type of environmental scan)
A situational analysis | Strength, weakness, opportunities, threats
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Process of making plan
``` Mission Environment scan (Change mission) Make strategies Get resources / budget Try strategies - implement Evaluate and alter strategies/goal ```
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3 things a mission statement should be
Succinct Clear Complete
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What should a strategy of organization try to align with?
Should try to align with macro system goals, too!
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What is marketing?
Managerial process, Broad | Plan, execute conception, price, promote, and distribute goods/services to satisfy organization
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What is the marketing concept?
Management philosophy Figures out customer needs and wants Organizations primary objective
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What is merchandising?
Specific activity of promoting the sales of goods/products. Market research, advertise, product development, selling (High fashion scarf on model)
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What is the target market?
The group of people who need the product/good and are willing to pay for it.
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What are market segments?
Dividing the total target market into smaller groups with similar product/service needs
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Why should we determine a specific target market?
Makes marketing more efficient Better need/want understanding of the group Easier to choose correct promotions (social media for gen Y)
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What is the marketing mix?
Mix of 4 controllable marketing variables that organizations uses to meet selling goals.
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What components make up the marketing mix?
Product- anything that might satisfy want or need (menu or service option) Price- amt of money charged for good Place- location and how things are sold Promotion- how you communicate with customer to increase awareness (advertise)
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What 2 components of the marketing mix does merchandising fall under?
Place (on end of aisle or in health market) and promotion (how it is advertised)
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General steps of marketing cycle?
``` Find customer/target market Develop needed product Price it Distribution/sales method Customer buys it Monitor buying patterns Make profit --> money goes for cycle again ```
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AND 4 standards of excellence?
Leadership Organization Practices Outcomes
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AND SOPP? (Guidelines for behaviors)
``` Quality in practice Competency and accountability Provision of services Application of research Communication and app of knowledge Utilization and management of resources ```
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What type of measures are used for product quality?
Objective Test trays for temp, taste, appearance, portions, accuracy of what is served.
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What type of measure is used for service quality?
Subjective - surveys, customer perceptions Meal rounds- ask people how the service, food, menu was.
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2 types of management in on- site and do they impact quality?
Self-operated versus contracted Customers usually can't tell. Both can provide good or bad quality products and services.
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Benchmarking-define
Compare apples to apples within an organization and with similar ones using quantitative comparison.
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Types of measures used in benchmarking?
Meal equivalents (IP, OP, late trays, meals on wheels) - EMP: estimated meal price of typical lunch - EMC: estimated meal cost of typical lunch. Plain meals are not a good measure.
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FTE- define
Full time equivalent. Usually the equivalent of 40 hours worked.
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3 types of benchmarking?
Internal- compare to self External- compare to similar FS Generic- compare to totally unrelated org. More for service or business comparison. (Younkers to ISU dining)