Deck 10: Supplement Operational Decision-Making Tools: Facility Location Models

Question 1

A company is considering four sites for a new plant and the key location factors are labor,distribution and infrastructure with weights of 0.40,0.30 ad 0.30,respectively.For site 1 scores of 80,100 and 60 have been assigned to these three factors,respectively;for site 2 scores of 65,90 and 95 have been assigned;for site 3 scores of 90,75 and 80 have been assigned;and scores of 60,90 and 90 have been assigned.Using the location factor rating system the best site is

A)Site 1
B)Site 2
C)Site 3
D)Site 4

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The South and Southwest are attractive location sites to many companies because of

A)warm climate
B)numerous seaports
C)interstate highway system
D)less organized labor

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The collection of physical support systems of a location including roads,water,sewer and utilities is referred to as the site

A)logistics
B)supply chain
C)distribution system
D)infrastructure

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The primary location criterion for a service-related business is usually

A)labor costs
B)proximity to customers
C)size of the labor force
D)land and building costs

Question 5

The objective of the center-of-gravity technique is to determine

A)a single set of coordinates for the central location of a facility
B)the distances from each alternative site to an existing facility
C)the lowest cost site
D)values for each potential site based on weight and distance

Question 6

The objective of the load-distance technique is to determine

A)a single set of coordinates for the central location of a facility
B)values for each potential site based on weight and distance
C)values for each potential site based on cost
D)the site with the highest load-distance value

Question 7

A GIS layer that contains information about one attribute of a location being analyzed is called a

A)spatial map
B)geographic map
C)database
D)longitudinal map

Question 8

The center-of gravity technique is a method for locating a facility based on

A)cost and transportation
B)weight and distance
C)cost and distance
D)weight and cost