NRAEF ManageFirst: Controlling Foodservice Costs w/ On-line Testing Access Code
NRA NRA National Restaurant Association

ISBN-10: 0131589121
ISBN-13: 9780131589124

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 208 pp
Published: 12/28/2006


Appropriate for Cost Control courses within Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management departments.

 

NEW! Exam Prep Guides for The ManageFirst™ Program - An exam prep guide is available for each one of the ten ManageFirst™  titles and are now automatically packaged with each Competency Guide. 

 

Contents Include:

  • Test taking strategies
  • Practice exam questions written to the NRAEF test item writing guidelines
  • Explanations for answers with remediation to the competency guides
  • Glossary of key terms

 

A brief competency guide which is focused on Controlling Foodservice Costs.  Designed to support a core textbook and provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Culinary Arts and Foodservice industry.

 

 

Introducing the ManageFirst ProgramTM from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF).   This new management training certification program is based on a set of competencies defined by the restaurant, foodservice and hospitality industry as those needed for success.   This competency-based program includes 12 topics, each with a competency guide, exam, instructor resources and certificate.  Students earn a certification for each exam passed.  The topics and exams are aligned to typical on-campus courses.

 

 

This competency guide includes an access code for ON-LINE testing.  The competency guide is also avilalble packaged with a pencil/paper version of the test.  Click here for details:  NRAEF ManageFirst: Controlling Foodservice Costs 

 

For additional information about the NRAEF ManageFirstTM Program please visit www.prenhall.com/managefirst

 

 

 

 

 

Appropriate for Cost Control courses within Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management departments.

 

A brief competency guide which is focused on Controlling Foodservice Costs.  Designed to support a core textbook and provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Culinary Arts and Foodservice industry.

 

Part of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) ManageFirst certification program.  The competency guide includes an examination sheet.

 

 

NRAEF ManageFirst Program - Hallmark Features:

  • Designed and supported by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF).
  • NEW, industry-driven, 12 topic, competency-based certificate program.
  • Created to provide students with marketable management skills for a career within the Restaurant, Hospitality and Foodservice industries.
  • Non-text specific.  Adopters can use any publisher’s text and corresponding Prentice Hall/NRAEF competency guide.
  • An academic and industry “think-tank” was formed to design a program based on job-specific skills valued by employers.  This “think tank” included 200 industry hiring managers, trainers, executives and academics.
  • The program design and implementation process included an 18-month Job Task Analysis (JTA).
  • NRAEF ManageFirst Program includes competency guide, exam answer sheet, NRAEF scoring & processing of a competency-based exam, NRAEF-branded certificate and NRAEF ManageFirst Professional (MFP) credential.
  • Transitional and correlation materials available to ease conversion from other certification programs and textbooks to NRAEF ManageFirst Program and Prentice Hall textbooks.

Competency Guide Hallmark Features:

  • 150-200 pages per guide.
  • Can be used as a “stand alone” item or bundled at a discount with Prentice Hall titles.
  • Tremendous pedagogical features, including:
    • “Tuning In to You”
    • Professional Profiles
    • Learning Objectives
    • “Test Your Knowledge”
    • Key Terms
    • Exhibits
    • “Think About It”
    • Activities
    • “Review Your Learning”
    • Field Project
  • Accompanied by supplemental materials, including PowerPoint’s and Answers to Activities

NRAEF ManageFirst Program – Core and Foundation (Elective) topics:

 

NRAEF ManageFirst Core Credential Topics - students must pass all four courses:

  • Hospitality and Restaurant Management
  • Controlling Foodservice Costs
  • Human Resources Management and Supervision
  • ServSafe Food Safety

NRAEF ManageFirst Core Foundation (Elective) Topics – students must pass one course:

  • Managerial Accounting
  • Inventory and Purchasing
  • Customer Service
  • Food Production
  • Menu Marketing and Management
  • Restaurant Marketing
  • Nutrition (Culinary)
  • ServSafe Responsible Alcohol Service

Instructor Supplements available for each Competency Guide:

  • Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with Instructor's Notes
  • Answer Keys for self-guided tests and Additional Activities.
  • Instructor Correlation Guides that assist in the transition to the NRAEF ManageFirst Program.
  • Syllabus builder template
  • Classroom activities
  • Quizzes and reviews questions (with answers)
  • Test Bank of Exam style questions
  • Detailed course outlines include:
    • suggested time block
    • activity and objective
    • slides used
    • guide pages covered
    • lecture notes.

Instructor’s resources are available for registered ManageFirst™  instructors.  To register or access instructor materials please visit:  Download Instructor’s Resources

 

Note: If you will be instructing the ServSafe® Food Safety or ServSafe Alcohol® courses, there are separate instructor registration procedures for these programs.

 

Chapter 1        What is Cost Control?

 

·        The Manager’s Role in Cost Control

·        Types of Costs

·        The Cost Control Process

 

Chapter 2        A Closer Look at Food Cost

 

·        Food Cost Defined

·        Calculating Food Cost

·        Calculating Food Cost Percentage

 

Chapter 3        Using Standardized Recipes to Determine Standard Portion Control

 

·        What is Standardized Recipe?

·        Determining Standard Portion Control

 

Chapter 4        Cost Control and the Menu—Determining Selling Prices and Product Mix

 

·        Determining Selling Prices for Menu Items

·        Market Forces Affecting Selling Prices

·        Menu Product Mix

·        Monitoring Menu-Related Costs

 

Chapter 5        Controlling Food Costs in Purchasing and Receiving

 

·        Purchasing Procedures and Cost Control

·        Catering Purchases

·        Butcher Test

·        Receiving Procedures and Cost Control

 

Chapter 6        Controlling Food Cost in Storage and Issuing

 

  • Using Proper Storage Techniques to Control Food Cost
  • Inventory Control
  • Perpetual vs. Physical Inventory

 

Chapter 7        Controlling Food Cost in Production

 

  • Monitoring the Use of Standardized Recipes
  • Determining How Much Food to Produce
  • Recipe Conversions
  • Determining Recipe Yields

 

Chapter 8        Controlling Food Cost in Service and Sales

 

  • Service and Portion Control
  • Portion Control Devices
  • Product Usage Report and Waste Report
  • Controlling Food Cost in Sales

 

Chapter 9        Controlling Labor Costs

 

  • Labor Costs
  • Budget as a Cost Control
  • Creating Schedules
  • Creating the Crew Schedule
  • Controlling Labor Costs

 

Field Project  

Index

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