Sales and Operations Planning

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using part-time workers, subcontracting work, and building up inventory as strategies for meeting demand.

Provide a real life example of when you have witnessed a company (possibly a company you have worked for) that increased or decreased workforce in or order to manage demand. Why or why was this not effective?

**As far as the company i have worked for was Starbucks. We increased workforce due to increased customers especially in the summer. It was effective**

Please provide a full 1,000 word using APA format. Add at minimum two citations. Be sure to include your name with your submission.

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One of the advantages is cost. Employees are a key resource to a company and most employers are very careful to how they are treated. There is also a lot of laws that govern how employees should be treated. A huge amount of the companies’ money normally goes to paying salaries, so the less the number of employees a company has the better. Full-time employees…

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