Warehouse And Operations As A Career

Hi all, I’m Marty and welcome back to Warehouse and Operations as a Career.  Today we’re talking about one of the more important roles on the shipping side of things, and oddly, it’s hardly ever brought up. I find myself discussing it today only because a listener wrote in that they had applied for the position and was told they would need at least 1 year of equipment experience for the position. We’re talking about the Short Chaser.  If you’ve never worked in a high-volume grocery, retail, produce, or foodservice DC, this position may not even be on your radar. But if you have, well, you know why I mentioned it’s a very important role. When a trailer is staged, sealed, and about to be dispatched or leave the yard, yet the paperwork says we’re missing a case of product, there is only one person standing between our success and customer dissatisfaction. The Short Chaser.  Today we’re going to break down why the position exists, how the WMS helps drive it, some of the different types of equipment used to