What is food production a key element of? correct answers transformation process
What are parts of food production? correct answers forecasting,recipe,standardization, energy
control & control techniques
What is the objective of food production? correct answers preparation of menu items in needed
quantity, of desired quality, at appropriate cost
What is quality? correct answers nutrition,biochemical, and asthetic
What are production decisions? correct answers forecasting, planning, recipes & production
scheduling
What is forecast? correct answers historical records, intution, complex models
What are managment roles? correct answers planning, organizing, and controlling
What are the three most common forecasting model? correct answers time series, causal, &
subjective
What is the most commonly used forecasting model? correct answers time series
What are time series? correct answers average of the number of portions sold for the last five or
more times the menu item was offered as the first point on the trend line -- the second point on
the line is determined by dropping the first number and adding th most recent number of portions
sold to the bottom of the list and then calculating another average
What is production scheduling? correct answers time sequencing of needed events -- planning
and action -- daily production schedule or WS
, What is a production schedule? correct answers production meetings occur a day before that
allows people to work out the kinks
How is the how to production schedule? correct answers figure out your menu -- take your menu
items and assign it to diffrent production areas of your operations -- then you take it farther and
break it down further in the categories --then subdividie your categories into work and assign it
to employees -- they use recipes to make how much items needed
How often is production scheduling made? correct answers 1-5 days ahead of time
Another name for production scheduling? correct answers worksheet
What is batch cooking? What is it frequently used for? correct answers make small batches at
different times to accommodate for freshness and quanlity -- vegetables
What are the parts of production scheduling? correct answers employee assignments --
preparation time schedule-- menu item -- over-and underproduction --quantity to prepare --
substitions -- actual yield - additional assignments -- special instructions and comments --- pre-
preparation
What is the problem with over-production? underproduction? correct answers not allow you to
be cost efficient -- sometimes makes you use more expensive tiems when you run out
What are substitutions? correct answers build them into the menu so you have quivlanet items to
back up
What is centralized assembly? correct answers ingredient control room/area )/confined area
where there is refrigerator/freezer area, pre-prep area, scales, and processing tools. It is where for
ingredients for all recipes are pre-prepped and put together for the chefs for their recipes. The
chefs go into there and just get the amount they need for the recipes