Overview
SCENARIO:
You are the Chemical Stockroom Manager at A-1 Pharmaceuticals. Chemicals at A-1 are purchased and stored centrally, in the stockroom, for all departments, and then each department is individually billed for whatever it uses per quarter. It is your job to tell employees that at the first of next month the hours for the stockroom will change. This decision was made at last month’s department manager’s meeting to address longstanding complaints from stockroom users about lengthy wait times and inaccuracies in orders filled. The improved stockroom schedule should provide positive benefits for everyone involved. The weekday stockroom hours will change from 1:00-3:00 p.m. to 9:00-11:00 a.m. Most of the chemical shipments during the week arrive in the afternoon, and shifting the stockroom hours will allow staff to inventory and shelve new stock without interruption, which should improve accuracy and efficiency. However, the stockroom is still willing to fill weekday requests that arrive in the afternoon, but a 15 percent convenience fee will be added to the overall cost of the order. The stockroom will also be adding weekend hours for the first time to increase quarterly production, so beginning at the first of next month, Saturday orders will be filled between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. The stockroom will be closed Saturday afternoons and Sundays. You should send “courtesy copies” (CC:) to your fellow department managers and the President of A-1 Pharmaceuticals, Jesse Pinkman. Because the addition of weekend hours also affects the current company policy for overtime pay, you should copy in the legal counsel for A-1, Saul Goodman, as well. NOTE: Be sure to proofread your work carefully for grammar, mechanics, usage, and typos.