Case Study - Florida Music Festival - Lauren Berg

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Individual Activity Victoria Court Drive -in Hotel and Restaurant is a chain of full service- motels catering mostly to the upper income market segment. The traditional market for drive-in hotels and motels are lovers who avail of one out of the many specially designed "theme" rooms (Japanese room, jungle room, oval office room, game room, etc.) for three hours. In the early 1990s, Victoria Court embarked on an aggressive campaign to attract two additional segments of the market. Their mission was to slowly transform their image by communicating to the public that their drive - in motels could be used predominantly for legitimate purposes such as for resting, or for group social occasions. They have also acquired Hotel La Corona affiliated with the Best Western international group. (Source: Go, J. (2011) Fundamentals of Marketing) 1. Identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Victoria Court Drive. Provide at least two for each element and explain briefly. 2.…

In what way is the location of customer markets astrategic consideration in facility location?

Please answer question 2

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Decision Tree Analysis

What is the Service Location Strategy?

Clearly explain of how to establish pilot project for adoption of village and city scheme?

Question 1  A firm is considering three different locations in which to build a factory. The costs associated with each location are given below.   Location A B C Fixed Costs 500 700 900 Variable costs per unit 10 6 4     Plot the crossover chart for the locations. What level of output will each location be preferred? Write an equation to represent the costs for each location. Use algebra to determine the crossover points.

Dennison Manufacturing makes large helical springs used inaircraft landing gear. The company has narrowed its potentialchoices for its new manufacturing facility to four cities. Thefollowing information is known about the manufacturing andshipping costs of locating in each of these four cities: a. Use break-even point analysis to determine where Den-nison should locate.b. Based solely on break-even quantity, if Dennison’s manu-facturing forecast for the foreseeable future is 40,000 unitsannually, where should he locate?

Given is a decision payoff table. Alternatives Small Facility Medium Facility Large Facility Low 26 18 -7 Future Demand Moderate 21 31 30 High 18 22 42 a) The best decision under uncertainty using MAXIMAX is to select Blank 1 facility b) The best decision under uncertainty using MAXIMIN is to select Blank 2 facility c) The best decision under uncertainty using LAPLACE/EQUALITY LIKELY is to select Blank 3 facility d) If the probabilities for Future Demand when it is Low-0.35, Moderate -0.30, and High-0.35, the expected monetary value (EMV) for the large facility-Blank 4.

What is task logistics manager?

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Q4/ Let us assume that a new manufacturing plant, is to be located in Berlin. The location factors, factor rating and scores for three potential sites are shown in the following table. (1) Discuss the data of the table. (2) Which is the best location based on factor rating method? SI. No. Location factor Weight Scores Location 1 24 Location 2 Location 3 Facility utilization Total patient km per month Average time per emergency trip Land and construction costs Employee preferences 1. 2. 28 29 30 16 33 26 30 3. 27 20 20 27 4. 13 13 12 13 5. 10 3 5 2

Question 3You are a Financial Planning and Control Manager at FreeAir Lid, a leading manufacturer of fans used in air conditioning systems. The company is located in Liverpool, UK In the year ended 31 March 2019, manufacturing cost per unit comprised: The company produced and sold 45,000 fans during the year ended 31 March 2019. The selling price per unit was £300 Fixed overheads for the year ended 31 March 2019 were: Jessica Olusange, Chief Executive, has developed a new strategy for the business. The company has invested in a new manufacturing facility in Leicester, UK this investment means that fixed costs will increase by £1,450,000 from 1 April 2019. However, the move to the new manufacturing facility means that direct labour costs are expected to reduce by £2 per unit, variable manufacturing overheads will reduce by £0.50 per unit and variable administrative expenses will reduce by £2 per unit. Jessica believes that her new strategy will reduce the level of financial risk to…

Site an example of opportunity & a threat.

explain the difference between destination and convenience store? give 2 examples of each with justification.

Please answer question letter b and c. Thank you

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1. What is the right business location? 2. What are the general criteria in selecting business location? Note: Please cite your reference

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Briefly explain what is location service facilities?

Create SWOT Analysis eco tourism (when the place is being developed) NOTE: The given example is in the photo attached.

Q1. A newly formed firm must decide on a plant location. There are two alternatives under consideration:locate near the major raw materials or locate near the major customers. Locating near the raw materials willresult in lower fixed and variable costs than locating near the market, but the owners believe there wouldbe a loss in sales volume because customers tend to favor local suppliers. Revenue per unit will be $185 ineither case. Using the following information, determine which location would produce the greater profit.Omaha Kansas CityAnnual fixed costs ($ millions) $1.2 $1.4Variable cost per unit $36 $47Expected annual demand (units) 8,000

Please answer questions - 3. (i) to (iv)