Question $1$: What is the main issue$($s$)$ Red Spot Markets face?

Question $2$: How should Fosdick respond to the immediate situation?

Question $3$: What controls, of the types discussed in Chapter $4($Organizational and Managerial Issues in Logistics$),$ might have been used by Red Spot Markets to reduce or eliminate the problems discussed in the case?

Question $4$: What long$-$range steps should Fosdick take to control the operations of the Providence distribution center? To improve the Providence distribution center's productivity? To reduce the distribution center's high rate of shrinkage?