FOOD
Food-products that are shelf stable at room temperature.
What are groceries?
A description of an item to be purchased.
What is a specification?
Obtaining the correct amount of material at the right time, place, and price.
What is procurement?
This type of computer system is networked with cash registers and is capable of tracking individual items sold and deducting them from inventory.
What is point-of-sale system?
The bill issued for a product that has been delivered.
What is an invoice?
For a burger restaurant, ground beef that is purchased pre-portioned in 5 ounce patties is considered to be this.
What is perishable?
Large ticket items, such as cooking and refrigeration equipment, large-volume copiers, computer systems and furniture
What are capital goods?
The supplier that provides most of the material purchased by an organization.
What is prime vendor?
Stock rotation where old product is always used before newer product.
What is first in first out?
A shipping document used to verify the receipt of a product, which is later compared to the invoice.
What is a packing slip?
Process that promotes food safety protocols.
What is HACCP?
Reusable equipment costing more than supplies and with a longer life expectancy. Includes dishes, flatware, linens, pots, and pans.
What is small equipment?
A measure of a manager's control over the procurement of material. The amount the manager is allowed to spend without obtaining permission from his or her supervisor.
What is purchasing authority?
Type of storage unit that moves on tracks built into the storeroom.
What is high-density shelving?
Method of reminding oneself of loose ends that need follow-up.
What is a ticker file?
A designated area of a food production facility in which the items needed to prepare a certain recipe are measured and assembled.
What is an ingredient room?
Written descriptions for capital goods or other products specifying functions that can be determined by an objective test or measurement.
What are technical specifications?
A group of buyers who join together for the purpose of negotiating better purchasing contracts with vendors.
What is purchasing cooperative?
Storage system where any employee can obtain goods from the store room at anytime.
What is open storeroom?
The process of receiving material when the amount is not included on the shipping document.
What is blind receiving?
Guidlines that specify correct food-handling techniques.
What is the FDA's food code?
Written descriptions of how a piece of equipment is required to act, including factors that relate to speed, safety, production, capacity, and accuracy.
What are performance specifications?
Type of purchasing that is a good method for purchasing a large piece of capital equipment, but is not a good method for purchasing perishable goods.
This is a primary function of the ingredient room staff.
What is inventory control?
The receiving of goods in which the amount of material sent is included on the shipping document and the receiver verifies the amount listed is correct.
What is invoice receiving?