The Food Service Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting

The Food Service Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting
Author: Douglas Robert Brown
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
Total Pages: 789
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0910627614

This step-by-step guide will take the mystery out of how to reduce costs in four critical areas: food, beverage, operations and labor.

A Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting

A Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting
Author: David W. Young
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780071396974

A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Practical, creative strategies and solutions for cutting costs­­without cutting people In an age of cutting costs­­no matter the cost­­the unspoken contract between employer and employee has never been more tenuous. But while trimming payroll may be the easiest answer, it is often far from the best. A Manager's Guide to Creative Cost Cutting presents specific ways that companies can reduce costs without reducing staff, along with implementation plans and real-world case studies and examples. Concise and compelling, it shows today's leaders how to better leverage resources to control spiraling costs while creating a sounder, more stable work environment. Featuring 101 techniques for executives to reduce expenses and expand profits, without disrupting workers' lives and deep-sixing morale, this unique and easy-to-read guidebook: Shows how to uncover hidden costs and then reduce or eliminate them Helps readers overcome 21 common cost-reduction prohibitors Highlights real-world examples, from Intel's unpaid leave to Goodyear's debt negotiation

Food and Beverage Management

Food and Beverage Management
Author: Bernard Davis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2008-04-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136402837

Food and Beverage Management 4e provides a complete introduction to this vital area of hospitality management. Now in its fourth edition, this best-selling text has been completely revised and restructured to reflect current practice and teaching and includes updated information on all areas, especially technology, operations and staffing issues. Each chapter has a user friendly structure including aims, exercises and further study hints. Food and Beverage Management 4e is the introductory bible for people entering food and beverage management studies or practice.

Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations

Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations
Author: David W. Young
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2014-02-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118653769

A user-oriented approach to management accounting concepts and techniques This thoroughly revised new edition of Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations provides introductory-level instruction and a user-oriented approach to management accounting concepts and techniques that help prepare students for managerial work in health care. The new edition includes information regarding the role of management accounting in health care organizations, the impact of the Affordable Care Act on managerial responsibilities, recent changes in operational budgeting practices—including a focus on "budget drivers," the importance of managing the revenue cycle, and other factors that have fundamentally altered the use of management accounting in health care organizations over the past several years. Throughout this edition, the author introduces concepts and techniques that will help students identify, analyze, and apply key management accounting principles. The use of practice case studies at the end of each chapter allows students to master the techniques rather than simply memorize them. Assesses the impact of health care's impending fiscal crisis on the management accounting needs of health care organizations Describes the essentials of full-cost accounting, differential-cost accounting, and activity-based accounting, while illustrating their use in health care organizations Explains responsibility accounting and provides guidance on designing a responsibility accounting structure

2,001 Innovative Ways to Save Your Company Thousands and Reduce Costs

2,001 Innovative Ways to Save Your Company Thousands and Reduce Costs
Author: Cheryl L. Russell
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0910627770

For the small business owner, every dollar you can save by reducing costs goes directly to the bottom line in increased profits. This book details over 2,000 specific ways that your company can reduce costs. It includes practical advice on many innovative ways to cut costs in almost every area of your business.

Superior Customer Service

Superior Customer Service
Author: Dan Blacharski
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0910627525

This book details how to care for customers and how to make superior service happen and keep customers coming back to your store or web site. You will learn practical and innovative tips and tricks that are easy to implement and can be applied immediately. This book is a ready-made, in-house training workshop and step-by-step manual for creating superior customer service. Learn from successful companies what works and what doesn't to help keep customers racing back to your business.

A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams

A Manager's Guide to Virtual Teams
Author: Yael Zofi
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814416608

Yael Zofi’s proprietary Trust Wheel model is a proven solution to the unique challenges managers must overcome as more people migrate to partially or fully-remote working situations. Based on the author’s twenty-plus years of consulting experience, this powerful tool encourages cohesiveness and engagement among team members--even if they’ve never met. A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams does this by providing a practical road map for bridging the physical distance among coworkers, incorporating self-study exercises and simple, fun activities that develop trust and ensure your team’s success. The book explores the most critical elements to success for a team founded in trust, including: accountability, communication, conflict management, and deliverables. Complete with examples, case scenarios, and strategies to help you navigate even your biggest hurdles, A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams will help your disparate collection of people get their work “out the door” faster and better.

The Complete Guide to Personal Finance

The Complete Guide to Personal Finance
Author: Tamsen Butler
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1601382073

In this new book, you will learn how to get and manage credit, make and stick to a budget, save for college, determine your needs versus your wants, pay for a car, finance college, manage risk, open a bank account, write a check, balance a checkbook, avoid the pressures of consumerism, and how to avoid financial mistakes. You will also learn about investment options, taxes, checks, debit cards, credit cards, and basic budget tips. This book is filled with suggestions from financial and family counselors, and you will discover creative ways to get a jumpstart on your financial future and use money responsibly. Even if you have had a few missteps along the way, you will be able to learn from your mistakes and get on the path to financial well-being.

The Non-commercial Food Service Manager's Handbook

The Non-commercial Food Service Manager's Handbook
Author: Douglas Robert Brown
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0910627819

Finally, the non-commercial food service director has a comprehensive manual to aid them in their day-to-day operations. This massive 624-page new book will show you step by step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful food service operation. The author has left no stone unturned. The book has 19 chapters that cover the entire process from startup to ongoing management in an easy-to-understand way, pointing out methods to increase your chances of success, and showing how to avoid many common mistakes. While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through basic cost-control systems, menu planning, sample floor plans and diagrams, successful kitchen management, equipment layout and planning, food safety and HACCP, dietary considerations, special patient/client needs, learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, learn how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, manage and train employees, accounting and bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. The extensive resource guide details over 7,000 suppliers to the industry; this directory could be a separate book on its own. This covers everything for which many companies pay consultants thousands of dollars. The companion CD-ROM is included with the print version of this book; however is not available for download with the electronic version. It may be obtained separately by contacting Atlantic Publishing Group at [email protected] Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president's garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.