Supply $/$ Demand Analysis

$\backslash$table$[[$Potential Footwear Suppy in Year $16,$Expected Footwear Demand in Year $16],[\backslash$table$[[16$ Inventory$],[$oduction ont ot$)]],\backslash$table$[[7,973],[75,900]],\backslash$table$[[$Branded Demand Forecast$],[$Private$-$Label Demand Forecast$]],\backslash$table$[[71,817],[9\mathrm{.}276]]],[$al Supply,$83,873,$Expected Global Demand,$81,093]]$

Analysis

Qurrently, there is a good balance between potentis global supply and projected global footwear demand in the upcoming yeaz: However, the industry will need adoitional production capabirity to satisty the projected growith in buyer demand in the years pust ahead.

Production Equipment

Year$15$ Production Equipment po$00$s di pares avatable for poovection$).$

$\backslash$table$[[$Production Equipment$],[\backslash$table$[[$Year$15$ Production Equipment$],[$po$00$s of paies avatabe flor provestion$)]]],[$N$.$A$.,E-A,A-P,$LA$.,$Total$],[1,000,0,6,000,2,000,9,000],[250,0,5,750,250,6,250],[\backslash$table$[[4,000],[5,000]],0,6,000,0,10,000],[5,000,1\mathrm{.}000,\backslash$table$[[6,000],[6,000]],\backslash$table$[[2,000],[1,000]],\backslash$table$[[13,000],[13,000]]],[,0,7,000,3,000,12,000],[17,250,1,000,36,750,8,250,63,250]]$

a$)$ Based on the data above, identify the global strategy that Company $E$ is pursuing.

b$)$ What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of pursuing this strategy? $($Be specific to the BSG when answering this question.$)$