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Your kitchen staff is overwhelmed with tasks. How can you boost productivity without adding more stress?

In a bustling kitchen, balancing productivity and stress is essential. Implement these strategies to enhance your team's output:

- Simplify menu items to reduce preparation complexity and time.

- Implement a rotating task schedule to ensure workload equity and prevent burnout.

- Introduce time-saving equipment or techniques that can speed up routine tasks.

How do you manage to keep your kitchen staff productive while maintaining a healthy work environment? Share your strategies.

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Your kitchen staff is overwhelmed with tasks. How can you boost productivity without adding more stress?

In a bustling kitchen, balancing productivity and stress is essential. Implement these strategies to enhance your team's output:

- Simplify menu items to reduce preparation complexity and time.

- Implement a rotating task schedule to ensure workload equity and prevent burnout.

- Introduce time-saving equipment or techniques that can speed up routine tasks.

How do you manage to keep your kitchen staff productive while maintaining a healthy work environment? Share your strategies.

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    Michael Camino

    Executive Chef III at Sodexo

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    Support,support,support. Sometimes taking a small task off the plate of them can be a huge relief even if it might not seem like a big thing from our prospective. Look at the tools around, can you outsource the deli sandwich platter or fruit tray from a partnered vendor. So that they can focus on large events or special requests. An example it’s the holiday season, can you purchase premade items for your am catering pastries from your bread company? In place of baking in house to free someone up. Have stand ups and a plan in place so that everyone can speak about concerns and what they need to be successful. Mainly think outside the box to still achieve the goals and maintain the quality our customers and clients expect.

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    Karla Moura

    Gerente Comercial | Coordenadora de Vendas | Vendas B2B - B2C - C2C - O2O | Especialista em Delivery | Gestão de Equipes | Treinadora de Times de Vendas | Embaixadora do Fórum Comercial iFood 23 | 24 | 25

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    A melhor maneira de não causar mais estresse começa por perguntar do time o que pode ser melhorado, se distribuir horários de chegada diferentes para melhor desempenho entre tarefas com processos de preparação e limpeza, assim como tentar realocar pessoas para atividades que tem mais facilidade para executar. Sendo então 3 pontos de vantagem que podem aumentar a produtividade sem gerar indisposição no time.

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    Dimas Leoneza Souza de Paula

    Ger. Operacional e Comercial | A&B | Assistente Pessoal | Produtor de Eventos

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    Estranho quase que contraditório. Se existe sobrecarga na equipe a gestão deve estar equivocada - seja pelo dimensionamento da equipe para a demanda de forma adequada. Seja por falta de liderança na cozinha. No Brasil temos um exemplo clássico e negativo sobre como não fazer : escala 6x1 onde todos os funcionários que atuam com serviços ficam sobrecarregados - recebem um salário baixo e muitas das vezes seus direitos são negligênciados. Mas falando em generalidade a gestão de equipes é algo fundamental para não haver sobrecarga, se a gestão for bem feita, o resultado mais certo e melhoria nos indices e consequentemente na produtividade.

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