ProStart Level 2 - Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+

ProStart Level 2 - Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+ what are the 4 goals they keep buyers focused when purchasing? (287) 1. purchasing goals 2. maintaining quality standards 3. minimizing cost 4. staying competitive with others Customer-count histories (288) tracks how many customers an operation has served during specific time periods in the past. popularity index of items sold (288) identifies which menu items have been the most popular vendor deliver schedules (288) tracks how frequently or infrequently a particular vendor makes deliveries availability of items from vendors (288) tracks when a vendor has particular products available for sale recognizing outside influences (288) helps identify what events or conditions might help or hurt an operation during a particular time period what current events in Utah might have influenced purchases in restaurants? (288) Explain how quality standards are implemented. (228) Customer-count factor (289) the number of customers expected for a given time period available store capacity for new product (289) only purchase what you are able to store and use forecasts of future costs of a product (289) fresh produce price may go up or down seasonally, so an operation needs to take such price influence into account when making purchase what three things must an operation do in order to stay competitive? (289-290) 1. shop for vendors who will provide best price and service. 2. try to get the lowest possible edible-portion 3. try to get the maximum yield, or the total utilization, from products purchased. primary (290-291) farmers and ranchers who raise produce and livestock intermediary (290-291) wholesalers, distributors, and suppliers retailers (290-291) sell their products to the public food and beverage (293-299) beer, wine, soda, juices, meat, eggs nonfood items linen, uniforms, bar supplies, paper goods small wares and equipment china glassware, silverware, blenders technology computers, printers, phone systems furniture, fixtures, equipment tables and chairs, lighting fixtures, bars business supplies and service office supplies, insurance, marketing support services garbage removal, flower service, pest control maintenance services cleaning supplies, grounds keeping utilities gas, heat, electricity, telephone formal purchasing: 1. what types of businesses? 2. who makes the purchases? 3. what do bids look like? 1. 2. 3. Informal purchasing: 1. what types of businesses? 2. who makes the purchases? 3. what do bids look like? 1. 2. 3. what are kickbacks? Are they ethical or not? they are money or other goods received by a person in exchange for purchasing from a specific vendor. Not ethical??? what are quality standards? one of the keys to purchasing the right products item's intended use knowing how an item will be prepared and served operation's concept and goals the overall concept and goals of the operation guides all decisions the menu the buyer must specify only the name-brand item on the operation's list of quality standards employee skill level budgetary constraints customer wants and needs seasonal availability storage capacity