Exam 8: A: Location Planning and Analysis

-What are total costs for site C for a quantity of 5,000 units per year?

Weekly shipments to each warehouse will be: WH1,100; WH2,150; WH3,120; WH4,150; and WH5,120.What is the optimal location of the distribution centre?

An approach to locational analysis that includes both qualitative and quantitative considerations is:

For service and retail stores,a prime factor in location analysis is customer access.

Which of the following is not an accurate statement concerning the Voronoi polygon approach to location analysis for companies with multiple facilities?

For the preferred site for 20,000 units per year,what would be your total costs?

A firm is trying to decide between two location alternatives,A and B.A would result in annual fixed costs of $60,000,labour costs of $7 per unit,material costs of $10 per unit,transportation costs of $15 per unit,and revenue per unit of $50.Location B would have annual fixed costs of $80,000,labour costs of $6 per unit,material costs of $9 per unit,transportation costs of $14 per unit,and revenue per unit of $48. (i)At an annual volume of 9,000,which would yield the higher profit? (ii)At what annual volume would management be indifferent between the two alternatives in terms of annual profits?

In site selection,land costs may be secondary to other factors.

Determine the centre of gravity location for the destinations and shipping quantities shown below:

What would be total annual costs for either location at the point of indifference?

The centre of gravity method of location planning can only be used when the quantities to be shipped to each location are equal.

The method for evaluating location alternatives which minimizes shipping costs between multiple sending and receiving locations is:

In location planning,land and building costs are considered:

If the selection criterion is the greatest composite score,management should:

What is the composite score for location B?

As a result of the factor rating analysis,a manager may sometimes reject all of the alternatives under consideration when the composite scores of all the alternatives are below the minimum threshold value.

For the preferred site for 20,000 units per year,what would be your cost savings compared to each of the other two sites?

For what range of output would you prefer site A?

In location planning,land prices,transportation types,and taxes are:

The fact that most types of firms are located in every section of the country suggests that in many cases,location decisions are not overly important.