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Part 2 The Management of Food
Chocolate and Cocoa Beverages
Hot chocolate is made from unsweetened chocolate. Cocoa is made from cocoa
powder. Both of these beverages contain milk. This means you must use low tempera-
tures to prevent scorching.
Do not allow hot chocolate or cocoa to boil after adding milk. Beating these bever-
ages with a rotary beater until foamy will keep the milk from forming a scum layer. If
desired, you may fl avor either beverage with vanilla extract and top with marshmallows
or whipped cream.
Designing
and Improving
Systems
Suda is a time-
study engineer.
Food product
manufacturers hire
her to study the way their assembly line workers
perform tasks. The manufacturers want Suda to help
them fi nd ways to increase production. Suda analyzes
the placement of equipment and supplies. She also
looks at the physical motions involved in doing each
job. Then she improves the system or designs a new
system that will eliminate wasted and nonproductive
motions.
To be an effective worker, Suda needs skills in
designing and improving systems. In a small group,
answer the following questions about Suda’s need
for and use of these skills:
A. How will Suda’s skills in designing
and improving systems affect the
manufacturers who hire her?
B. How will Suda’s skills in designing and
improving systems affect assembly line
workers?
C. Why might manufacturers hire Suda to
analyze their production systems instead
of doing it themselves?
D. What is another skill Suda would need
in this job? Briefl y explain why this skill
would be important.
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