When used strategically, staffing can be a tool that can make a big impact on your bottom line. This article reviews several of the ways staffing can be used to control costs, enhance productivity, drive revenue growth and manage risk.

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• Hire additional staff in areas that are creating the bottlenecks.

• Train your staff to improve their productivity.

• Outsource specific process steps to firms that would be more productive in those activities.

• Bring in temporaries to supplement your current staff.

• Bring in administrative support to free your staff to focus on more critical activities.

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