Chapter 5

Managing Inventories
Managing Housekeeping Operations
Revised Third Edition
(338TXT or 338CIN)

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 Competencies for
Managing Inventories
1. Define par, par levels, and par number.
2. Identify the challenges to inventory control
for linens in a housekeeping operation.
3. Describe how to establish par levels and
inventory control for uniforms.
4. Describe how to establish par levels and
inventory control for guest loan items.

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 Competencies for
Managing Inventories
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5. Describe how to establish par levels and

inventory control for machines and
equipment.
6. Describe how to establish par levels and
inventory control for cleaning supplies.
7. Describe how to establish par levels and
inventory control for guest supplies.

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 Establishing Linen Pars
Laundry cycle
First par
Linens laundered, stored, and ready for use today
Second par
Yesterdays linens that are laundered today
Third par
Linens to be removed from guestrooms today
and laundered tomorrow

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 Establishing Linen Pars
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Fourth par
May be needed if the property uses an outside
linen service
Fifth par
Reserve for emergency situations
Sixth par
May be needed to cover linens in transit if an
off-site laundry service is used
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 Physical Inventory of Linens
Main linen room
Guestrooms
Floor linen closets
Room attendant carts
Soiled linen bins or chutes
Soiled linen in laundry
Laundry storage shelves
Mobile linen trucks or shelves
Made-up rollaway beds, cots, sofa beds,
cribs, etc.
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