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Managing Housekeeping:
Employee Scheduling
Scheduling the number of room attendants depends on:
Size of guest rooms / amenities in rooms / actual number of rooms
to be cleaned / amount, if any, of deep cleaning
How to establish room attendant schedules:
Inexperienced executive housekeeper relies exclusively on
minutes per room
Total # of minutes worked by room attendants / Total # of guest rooms
cleaned = Minutes per room
Managing Housekeeping:
Inventory Management
Inventory items maintained by executive housekeeper:
Sheets (all sizes) / pillowcases / bedspreads / bath towels / hand
towels / washcloths / soaps / shampoos / conditioners / sewing
kits / glass cleaners/ furniture polish / acid-based cleaners /
glassware / cups / coffee and coffee filters / in-room literature /
telephone books / pens / paper pads
Values of monthly inventories:
Check how much of each item is in use, in storage, on order
Executive housekeeper computes monthly product usage reports
Managing Housekeeping:
Inventory Management (cont.)
Waldo Hotel Product Usage Report
Housekeeping
King-sized sheets
Department:_____________________
Item:__________________________
Prepared by: ____________________
For Period:
______________________
January 1
Count on: __________________
Date:
__________________________
______________________________
850 units
Plus
Purchased in month
144 unitis
Total in service
994 unitis
February 1
Count on: __________________
Total Monthly Usage
Hotel Operations Management, 2nd ed.
Hayes/Ninemeier
Less
877 unitis
117
Lost Property
Managing Housekeeping:
Lost and Found (cont.)
When item is found:
Laundry
Operating an effective on-premise laundry (OPL) is a multi-step process.
Collecting
Sorting/Repairing
Washing
Drying
Finishing/Folding
Delivering
Hotel Operations Management, 2nd ed.
Hayes/Ninemeier
Laundry (cont.)
Operating an effective on-premise laundry (OPL):
Collecting
Sorting
Washing
Laundry (cont.)
Operating an effective on-premise laundry (OPL) (cont.):
Drying
Finishing/
Folding
Storing
Delivering