Managing Inventories

Question 1

What are the types of Inventories

Answer 1

Recycled Inventories
Non-Recycled Inventories

Question 2

___________ are those items that have limited useful lives but are used over and over again in housekeeping operations

Answer 2

Recycled Inventories

Question 3

____________ Inventories are those items that are consumed or used up during the course of routine housekeeping operations

Answer 3

Non-recycled Inventories

Question 4

____________ is the standard number of recycled inventoried items that must be on hand to support daily housekeeping operations

Answer 4

Par Number

Question 5

In order to manage inventories, first determine the ________

Answer 5

Inventory level for all items used in the hotel.

Question 6

Second step in managing inventories is to

Answer 6

Control the inventory level of the items

Question 7

What are the Managing Recycled Inventories

Answer 7

Bed linens

Bath Linens

Table Linens

Question 8

When establishing linen par level, the Executive Housekeeper needs to
consider 5 things, namely?

Answer 8

Par 1: the laundry

Par 2: the main linen storage, linens reserved for emergencies

Par 3: the linens to be stripped from the rooms today

Par 4: the linens to be used on the beds

Par 5: The replacement of worn, damaged, lost or stolen linen (a general rule of thumb is to store one full par of new linens as replacement stock annually

Question 9

Linens laundered should rest in storage for atleast ___ hours before being used
in order to increase their life and give opportunity for wrinkles to smooth out.

Answer 9

24 hours

Question 10

It is used to record the number of damaged and discarded
linens

Answer 10

Linen discard Record

Question 11

It is used to record the number of soiled linen by type that are
removed from guestrooms and delivered to the laundry.

Answer 11

Linen Control Form

Question 12

Taking physical inventory of all soiled linens must be counted in the hotel. They may be located in the ______________

Answer 12

Main linen room, guestrooms, floor linen, room
attendant carts, soiled linen bins, soiled linen in laundry and laundry storage

Question 13

It is used to record the counts for every type of linen in each
location

Answer 13

Linen Count Sheets

Question 14

It is used to record the totals on the linen count sheets. Once the totals are collected, the results of the inventory can be
controlled to determine actual usage and need for replacement purchases

Answer 14

Master Inventory Control chart

Question 15

What are the Non-Recycled Inventories

Answer 15

Cleaning Supplies

Guest Supplies (bed and bath)

Printed materials and stationery

Question 16

It refers to the number of purchase units that are used up
between the time that order is placed and the the time that the order is actually
received.

Answer 16

The Lead Time

Question 17

It refers to the number of purchase units that must be on
hand to operate smoothly in the event of emergency, spoilage, unexpected
delays in delivery and many more.

Answer 17

The safety stock level