Curing the Summertime Blues:A Case Study on Blue’s Grocery Store, Incorporated

Curing the Summertime Blues:
A Case Study on Blue’s Grocery Store, Incorporated

Competent staffing for warehouse operations is a necessity in today’s grocery industry. With the high demands for fresh and valuable products, any staffing problems in warehousing operations can cost a grocer his or her business. On the shipping dock of Blue Grocery Stores, Incorporated, the summer season can be managed effectively to allow employees the opportunities to enjoy their vacation time, maintain an adequate staff, and facilitate overall smooth operations.
During the summer months, it is typical for the supervisor of Blue’s warehouse to experience staffing problems due to senior staff wanting to use their vacation time. To add to the supervisor’s frustration, he has to deal with personnel shortages on a daily and weekly basis with the increase in summer time sick day call-ins. To offset the effect that this shortage of manpower causes, the supervisor has used temporary workers in the...