Students will apply information from the chapter to concepts and problems related to Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management.$$Read Case Study $12\mathrm{.}1$: CostMart Warehouse.

What judgment would you make about the scenario presented in the case study to answer the following discussion questions?

$1.$ Structure what you think the problems are. Be sure to separate the problems from the symptoms.

$2.$ Assume Amy needs to build a data$-$based case to convince her boss and start to "win over" Hank. What data should she gather to help her build the case?

$3.$ Develop a model of how you think the warehouse should work in this environment.

$4.$ Develop a time$-$phased plan to move from the present situation to the model you developed in question $3.$