why do i agree with "What are some obstacles to creating a flexible workforce? What are the benefits" (Chopra, 2019, p. 228)? An obstacle to a company having the capacity for a flexible workforce can be discussed for job shop situations regarding job shop scheduling and its requirements for effective management and knowing when exactly a specific number of employees would be needed, in what sequence and for what purposes (Mller & Kress, 2022). This would be relevant for manufacturing jobs when there are specific jobs as well as specific machines that must be used so managerial decision making must be effective and occurring at the relevant timing of the flexibility workforce work hours and specifications requirements (Mller & Kress, 2022). A benefit for the use of a flexible workforce is that companies use a flexible workforce and therefore the flexibility with the hours that are worked by employees so that they can have the ability to vary work hours with the demand for the work hours (Chopra, 2019). For some days or for some weeks a plant might not function on a continuous basis so there might be idle time for a plant so having a flexible workforce or having flexibility with the hours that are worked by employees would allow for varying of having employees' capacity to be able to meet the level of demand for employees (Chopra, 2019). "Discuss why the use of subcontractors to handle peak demand can often allow a company to meet demand at lower cost even though the subcon