2026 Product and Inventory Management (virtual)

Description

CLASS INSTRUCTOR: Leslie Beach

Course Objectives:

• Review stakeholders’ responsibilities and expectations
• Discuss how the menu determines the goods and services that must be competitively procured
• Review basic concepts of inventory management, product movement, and cost management
• Summarize the types of items that are associated with a specific product category
• Create a sample product screening evaluation tool
• Practice writing a mock product specification
• Examine the features of a Child Nutrition Label
• Discuss the importance of accurately forecasting products