Exam 1 Material Flashcards
Commercial FS
For profit
Restaurant places
Have to accommodate for customers tastes/trends/wants
Non-commercial (other name and define)
On-site or institutional: goal is not profit or food service. They have other goals like healthcare in mind but still serve food
On site examples
Hospital, schools, long term, congregate meals?
How does the demand in on-site change?
Time of year- flu season
Special events planned
Less people in hospitals around holidays
No school in summer or weekends
If a form of food purchased is raw what has to happen?
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)
Challenges in On-site FS
Customer diversity Diet accommodations Governmental control/policies Food insecurity Food safety Workforce available
Types of FS systems (5)
Conventional (on-site), centralized, ready prepared, assembly serve, combination system
Conventional FS system: example/ good and bad?
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
Centralized: example good and bads?
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
Ready-Prepared: example, pro and cons?
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
Assembly-serve: example, good and bad
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
Combination System: example, good, and bad
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
System definition
Parts coordinated to accomplish set of goals
Organized collection of interrelated elements in a boundary and functional unity
4 characteristics of systems
- within an environment
- made of subsystems
- have central purpose/goal
- focus on interrelatedness among subsystems
3 parts of basic system
Inputs
Transformation
Outputs
5 levels to a system
Environment: body Macro system: digestive system System: small intestines Subsystem: enterocyte Components: hormones, channels
SHPPS, 2012
Policy made…what part of system is this?
School Health Policies and Practices
Goal to improve the environment of school nutrition.
Part of the environment of school system
Examples of inputs
Resources=
Human, materials, facilities
Labor, food, supplies, energy, technology, money, physical environment
Parts of transformation process
Tasks- required skills
People- expectations, values, needs
Structure- organization, menu controls, finances, recipes, forecasting
Processes- leadership, decision making, planning, relationships, problem solving
Parts of outputs
Food and labor costs, quality and quantity of food, food safety, quality of service, employee and customer satisfaction, job turnover, operation growth
Controls
Menu, planning, budgets, standard recipes, forecasting
Feedback
Customer satisfaction, did you meet the budget?
Interdependence
Parts of a system relying on each other
Integration
Parts of the system sharing the same goals and objectives of entire organization
Synergy
Parts working together to make more impact than parts working alone
Interface
Point where the system meets the environment (waitress serving food to public)
5 management functions
Plan Organize Control Direct/lead Staffing
Effectiveness
Doing the right things
Are we making what out people want?!
Efficiency
Doing the right/correctly
Do we have a process that lets us meet our quality and quantity goals?
TQM
Total Quality Management (now CQI- continuous quality improvement)
Decreased managerial levels, everyone gives input
Collaborate
To work with PERSON or GROUP to achieve something
School cook works with kids, parents, and school board
Monitor
Watching