Answer the following questions from the textbook in a Word document. Your answers should be about one to two paragraphs per question. You can find a grading rubric in the Files section of the Course Menu.
1. How have cost considerations influenced facility location decisions?
2. In what way is the location of customer markets a strategic consideration in facility location?
3. How does a raw material’s status as pure, weight-losing, or weight-gaining influence the facility location decision?
4. Why is it important to know about the characteristics of a country’s transportation infrastructure?
5. How do truckload operations differ from less-than-truckload operations?
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primary factor for setting up an industry includes the region. The various factors like regulatory considerations, zoning laws need to be looked. Because, if these factors are overlooked sometimes, it may lead to heavy losses. In addition, a poor choice for the facility location may negatively affect the logistics in the supply chain, with longer duration of delivery
