What We Do

inTEAM has traveled extensively over the past decade conducting seminars and teaching inTEAM services in over 30 states reaching more than 10,000 food service directors and managers. We have developed  "bottom line focused" consulting relationships with many districts, large and small, specializing in "turning around" entire foodservice operations.

Within our core competencies, inTEAM Associates also provides consulting services for state agencies including strategic planning, on site workshops and related training activities. For client school districts we provide onsite assessments and evaluations, training, and monitoring.

How We Do It

Evaluate
Using best practices and proven inTEAM metrics as our guide, we will evaluate the operational health of your food service program. We will then partner with you to develop a detailed business plan addressing key areas for growth and improvement, resulting in a stronger program with more robust financials and nutritional integrity.

Develop
Training lies at the heart of our approach. inTEAM provides a number of nationally recognized, standardized training programs for food service professionals. Seminar participants can earn SNA and ADA certification credit while improving their management capabilities in hands-on training courses based on proven, copyrighted methods. Textbooks and interactive online content are also available for those who prefer to learn “on the go.”

Implement
inTEAM will partner with you and your staff to put a customized business plan for success into action. This roadmap will guide you to make better day-to-day decisions and improve your program’s results. The implementation tools provided by inTEAM will be developed specifically for your program’s needs and objectives, helping you improve productivity, tighten accountability, increase participation, and optimize technology – all with the ultimate result of growing the program’s bottom line.

Optimize
inTEAM can provide ongoing expert coaching and management support to ensure that your program stays on track towards optimizing its results. We will review your program’s progress on a regular basis, giving you the feedback you need to continue improving decision-making and building organizational capability. inTEAM will also provide you with opportunities to communicate with your peers to discuss topical challenges and share best practices.

inTEAM offers an extensive array of services to help you achieve your goals, including:

• Customized Marketing Initiatives
• Operational Evaluations
• Campaigns to Increase Participation
• Administrative Training
• Cost Control Training and Seminars
• Automated Courseware Training
• Wellness Plans and Nutrition Education
• inTEAM Food System ©

To learn more about how inTEAM Associates can help you better leverage your foodservice technology, contact your SL-Tech Account Executive or visit our website at www.e-inteam.com.

inTEAM Consulting – Food System

"inTeam Provides a Sound Business Model Without Sacrificing Nutritional Quality"

Threatened with tightening budgets, increased bottom-line scrutiny, and more intense federal and state regulation, school boards are turning to large management companies to assist in the operation of their food service programs.

The focus of the inTEAM Food System© is productivity though work simplification using a standardized approach to menu planning, food production, marketing, and food service accounting.

Twenty state departments of education have adopted the inTEAM Food System© with over 800 school districts trained and actively participating on a daily basis. Many districts report unprecedented student satisfaction and double digit increases in reimbursable breakfasts and lunches.

Features of the inTEAM Food System:

• Progressive management of foodservices
• Completely new, standardized management system
• Cost containment practices built in
• Foodservices for today's customer
• Menus with kid appeal
• Choice and flexibility
• Creative food presentation ideas
• Menus and recipes meeting nutrient standard with database on WebSMARTT powered by WinSNAP and NutriKids
• Staffing and work scheduling for maximum productivity
• Marketing and promotion to build customer satisfaction
• Food, supplies, and equipment specifications
• Training for directors, supervisors, and managers
• Advantages of a corporate headquarters
• Customized uniforms at a discount price
• Facility makeovers
• And more…

inTEAM Consulting – Cost Control

“Teaching the Keys to Profit and Success in School Foodservice”
inTEAM's Cost Control System has been developed to ensure profit and success within every school foodservice program. The system is tailored specifically for K-12 school foodservice by the foremost experts on the subject.

The inTEAM Cost Control Seminars© zeros in on fiscal performance. They are packed with useful information and hands on activities that facilitate sound decision making. A sampling of topics include:

• Understanding the break even point
• Analyzing a profit and loss statement
• Determining weighted average revenue for breakfast and lunch
• Pinpointing ways to reduce labor costs
• Developing meaningful budgets
• Determining which schools should operate under Provision II and Provision III
• Evaluating staffing formulas based on meal per labor hour
• Innovative ways to increase revenue
 

inTEAM Consulting – Greatest Assets

“Develop School Foodservices Greatest Assets: Employees”

Each session is loaded with topics that people who manage school foodservice operations want and need. You will come away saying, “That was great and so much fun.” Skits, role playing, individual and group activities, and case studies help make the subjects come alive.

Let inTEAM Associates bring these seminar(s) to you. Designed for directors and managers—and each seminar (Part I and Part II) can stand alone.
These seminars are brand new and are being submitted for certification credit. A manual will be provided for each seminar, which will be a great addition to your management books.

The Greatest Assets seminars are divided into two parts:
Part I: Managing Employees
(1 day seminar---select six sessions)
1. Prepare Yourself for Success as a Leader
2. Hiring the Right Person
3. Using the Evaluation Process
4. Resolving Conflict
5. Handling the Difficult Employee
6. Dismissal—May Be the Only Way
7. Cultural Diversity in the Workplace

Part II: Motivating Employees
(1 day seminar---select six sessions)
1. Managing Your Time
2. Timely Motions (Increasing Productivity)
3. Motivating Yourself and Others
4. Planning to Accomplish (Work Scheduling)
5. Stumbling Blocks
6. Rewarding Success
7. Providing Professional Growth

 
inTEAM Power Pack Reports

For more than a decade, inTEAM Associates has helped school districts run profitable and efficient foodservice operations. Through training and best practice procedures, we provide districts with the means to focus on what’s important—the bottom line, nutrition, and accountability.

The inTEAM PowerPack, a joint effort between inTEAM Associates and SL-Tech, provides you with valuable information you need to run a more successful foodservice operation. The PowerPack is designed to help you better access critical decision-making information already captured by WinSNAP/WebSMARTT. Through our partnership with SL-Tech, we have been able to closely link inTEAM’s training methodologies with SL-Tech’s software solutions, offering unprecedented integration of our operational “know how” and technological expertise.

Menu Boards/Marketing
Our professional staff of designers will work closely with you to develop a unique logo for your cafeteria. This can help turn a cafeteria into a branded "restaurant" that kids are used to. Use the logo on your napkins, trays, posters, menus, flyers and aprons to help create a lively atmosphere.

Well-designed menu boards brighten up your cafeteria, direct traffic in the serving area, and speed up line service by clearly describing items and prices. Be creative by designing "stations", and "express lines" where lines are devoted to favorite items.

Flyer/Brochures
We'll create attractive, colorful menu flyers and/or brochures celebrating and announcing your menus. We can include photos, or maps of the serving areas.

inTEAM Uniforms/Aprons
Treat your staff to bright, trendy, and professional apparel.

For more information on inTEAM services, training seminars, and more visit  www.e-inTEAM.com