Study Regarding the Cost Implications Arising from Changing the Volume of Activity

This paper will present a comparative study between two possible ways of human resources allocation within the organization, while analyzing the costs generated by these changes in order to support a short-term decision in the automotive industry. In case the demand increases, it is important to know the period for which the production capacity will be modified, because a short and medium term are viable for transition to four shifts. Possible study limitations can be found in the need to use complex forecasts and future research may include issues related to the maintenence costs of the purchased equipments.