The insufficient capacity of SHELLA Craft is due to the availability of manpower that the company is currently lacking. One of the supervisors in the production department, En Shauqi suggested another option to use the service of external agency to recruit and hire workers at a rate of RM30 per hour. The company also will have to pay for transportation allowance for external workers amounting RM15,000. Evaluate the above suggestion. Suggest THREE (3) qualitative factors that need to be considered if the company decided to use the service of external agency.

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The insufficient capacity of SHELLA Craft is due to the availability of manpower that the company is currently lacking. One of the supervisors in the production department, En Shauqi suggested another option to use the service of external agency to recruit and hire workers at a rate of RM30 per hour. The company also will have to pay for transportation allowance for external workers amounting RM15,000.

  1. Evaluate the above suggestion.
  2. Suggest THREE (3) qualitative factors that need to be considered if the company decided to use the service of external agency.
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