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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5
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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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15
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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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17
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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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21
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Controls

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Menu, planning, budgets, standard recipes, forecasting

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22
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Feedback

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Customer satisfaction, did you meet the budget?

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23
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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

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Parts working together to make more impact than parts working alone

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Interface

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Point where the system meets the environment (waitress serving food to public)

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27
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5 management functions

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Plan
Organize
Control 
Direct/lead
Staffing
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28
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Effectiveness

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Doing the right things

Are we making what out people want?!

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Efficiency

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Doing the right/correctly

Do we have a process that lets us meet our quality and quantity goals?

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30
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TQM

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Total Quality Management (now CQI- continuous quality improvement)

Decreased managerial levels, everyone gives input

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Collaborate

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To work with PERSON or GROUP to achieve something

School cook works with kids, parents, and school board

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Monitor

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Watching

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Controlling

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Taking action when monitoring and seeing something wrong

34
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Trend

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Definite predictable direction of events that impacts:

Social, political, or economy

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Characteristics of Trends

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Slow oncome
Peaks later and longer
Never comes back down to base
Net change is seen and realized

36
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Fad

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Quick oncome
Returns to base
No net change realized

37
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Examples of trends talked about

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Local foods, sustainability, plate waste reduction, scratch cooking, move from cost to
Profit center

38
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Cost versus profit center

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Cost- need more money than you are making

Profit- either make money or break even (schools)

Increase revenue and decrease expenses and hold acct

39
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What is the Lesley case?

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Violation of disabilities act when Lesley university did not acknowledge celiac disease and accommodate it

40
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Other trends…

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Aging population 
Globalization 
Allergies 
Difference in training 
Hospitals with less LOS so restaurant style LTC
41
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Drivers of sustainability movement?

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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)
42
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2 reasons for procurement policies in purchasing?

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Make sure farm is approved supplier- GAPs
Meet food safety concerns
Make sure paying methods are fully understood and delivery

43
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2 terms used in sustainable procurement?

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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

44
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Onsite Benefits and challenges to buying from local sources?

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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

45
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Most vulnerable area for food safety when buying local

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In the preparation and retail phase (not farm, processing, or consuming)

46
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Strategic management definition

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Systematic analysis of in and ex environment to provide basis for making best management practices. Goal: better alignment of organization policies and strategic priorities.

47
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Strategic planning definition

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Process of envisioning organizations future and develop procedures and operations that achieve it.

48
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4 types of planning

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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

49
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Key words in management definition:

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Systematic- way of analysis
External environment- customers and competition
Internal environment- organization

50
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AND strategic plan uses….

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Vision, mission, goals, then strategies

51
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ISU strategic plan uses….

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Mission, vision, priorities then goals

52
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Mission:

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Why organization exists

Statement- guides values and how to meet goals

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Vision:

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What an organization wants to become

54
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Goals:

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What an organization wants to accomplish over long period of time

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Objectives:

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Concrete, specific statements on how you plan to accomplish goals

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Strategy:

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Very precise plan to achieve goals and objectives and using resources wisely

57
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Concepts with strategic planning

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Strategic and systematic process
Choosing priorities
Build commitment

58
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SWOT (type of environmental scan)

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A situational analysis

Strength, weakness, opportunities, threats

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Process of making plan

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Mission 
Environment scan 
(Change mission) 
Make strategies 
Get resources / budget 
Try strategies - implement 
Evaluate and alter strategies/goal
60
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3 things a mission statement should be

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Succinct
Clear
Complete

61
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What should a strategy of organization try to align with?

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Should try to align with macro system goals, too!

62
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What is marketing?

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Managerial process, Broad

Plan, execute conception, price, promote, and distribute goods/services to satisfy organization

63
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What is the marketing concept?

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Management philosophy
Figures out customer needs and wants
Organizations primary objective

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What is merchandising?

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Specific activity of promoting the sales of goods/products.
Market research, advertise, product development, selling

(High fashion scarf on model)

65
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What is the target market?

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The group of people who need the product/good and are willing to pay for it.

66
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What are market segments?

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Dividing the total target market into smaller groups with similar product/service needs

67
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Why should we determine a specific target market?

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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?

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Mix of 4 controllable marketing variables that organizations uses to meet selling goals.

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What components make up the marketing mix?

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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)

70
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What 2 components of the marketing mix does merchandising fall under?

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Place (on end of aisle or in health market) and promotion (how it is advertised)

71
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General steps of marketing cycle?

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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
72
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AND 4 standards of excellence?

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Leadership
Organization
Practices
Outcomes

73
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AND SOPP? (Guidelines for behaviors)

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Quality in practice 
Competency and accountability 
Provision of services 
Application of research 
Communication and app of knowledge 
Utilization and management of resources
74
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What type of measures are used for product quality?

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Objective

Test trays for temp, taste, appearance, portions, accuracy of what is served.

75
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What type of measure is used for service quality?

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Subjective - surveys, customer perceptions

Meal rounds- ask people how the service, food, menu was.

76
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2 types of management in on- site and do they impact quality?

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Self-operated versus contracted

Customers usually can’t tell. Both can provide good or bad quality products and services.

77
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Benchmarking-define

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Compare apples to apples within an organization and with similar ones using quantitative comparison.

78
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Types of measures used in benchmarking?

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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

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Full time equivalent. Usually the equivalent of 40 hours worked.

80
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3 types of benchmarking?

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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)