Assessment of the Navy's North West Region Advance Food Menu Gallery Workload and Food Cost Impact Trade-Offs
Abstract
In support of the Navy force structure initiatives to reduce future shipboard staffing levels, the Navy Installation Command is evaluating alternative ashore galley operational and menu concepts to also reduce ashore galley Culinary Specialist (CS) workloads and required staffing levels. This report documents an independent assessment of the Navy's North West Region (NWR) Advance Food Menu (AFM) pilot operation conducted at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island Admiral Nimitz galley. The assessment was performed for the Navy Installation Command in 2008 by the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Engineering and Development Center (NSRDEC). The AFM was designed to reduce galley workloads by having fewer from-scratch menu items and a larger mix of speed-scratch and advance food items than the Standard Ashore Menu (SAM). Specific goals and objectives for this project were to assess the galley workload impacts, food cost impacts, and trade-offs generated by the AFM relative to those associated with the NWR SAM. This report documents overall project efforts to include: objectives, data collection procedures and methodology, and assessment results, conclusions, and recommendations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA502187
Entities
People
- Harry J. Kirejczyk
Organizations
- United States Army Soldier Systems Center