Jerry is a production manager of company XYZ that produces packaged fruit baskets. The company employs agency personnel from a professional staffing firm. The contract for a number of employees is signed at the beginning of the year and the number of employees cannot change during the year. The marketing department provided a quarterly demand estimate for the next year along with the number of working days each quarter. Please help Jerry determine the minimum number of employees XYZ will need to avoid any shortages in the forecasted demand. The current number of agency employees is 45; the last quarter production was 19800 units; the working number of days in the last quarter was 88. The inventory at the end of last year is 300. Required:
Use the constant workforce plan to determine number of agencies required for the next year.