Embry LGMT682 Module 5.3 Questions for Discussion and Review Assignment latest 2016 july
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Updated on: 07/28/2016 01:33 AM Due on: 07/28/2016
After completing the module readings, submit your responses to the questions below.
Chapter 9:
1. 1. You are responsible for locating a new warehouse that services five stores (1 through 5). Use the Weighted Center-of-Gravity technique to calculate the weighted average location of the new warehouse based of the five stores locations and monthly volumes.
Store | North Location (miles) | East Location (miles) | Monthly Volume (tons) |
1 | 23 | 55 | 50 |
2 | 15 | 37 | 120 |
3 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
4 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
5 | (5) | (10) | 60 |
- 2. 2. The textbook (pages 155-163) lists several general factors influencing facility location such as natural resources, market for goods, labor, tax and incentives, …to name a few. Using the internet and in the context of these general factors, research a manufacturer in the news who recently opened a new facility and discuss the factors that seemed to influenced the manufacturer’s decision for the facility’s location
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