Sands Corporation

The best location for the store would be Casstown and Denton. These two location have the same value for the right hand side and the left hand side. This means that the return from both locations remains virtually the same over the course of business operations. Most of the input is absorbed by the output and the returns are higher.

Additionally, I would advise GMFC in regards to the size of the plant and the number of employees

Permits for setting up the plant can be acquired through usual means and no premium activities will be required

First reason : The reason I chose this factory in Orlando because there’s thousands of people who lives there and I want my business to be known all around Orlando, Florida the more people come to my factory the more people would know how my system works.

To evaluate the alternatives, the key factors would be costs of setting up in other cities within Canada and if it will generate more sales by setting up there. If by expanding, more sales, more market shares and profits are generated then it is better to expand in that specific city but if the costs of setting up there are more than the amount of sales you will make in that city then it is better not to set up there.

The Valley Children’s Hospital apartments and condominiums are intended to reduce or eliminate the commute of the hospital staff that would prefer to have suitable living closer to work. Therefore, placement of the apartment complex would need to be nearby Valley Children’s Hospital. The proposed complex would be one to two stories tall, depending on demand and space constraints. Therefore timber, more specifically Douglas fir, is the best choice for construction material. There will, however, be an athletics facility that will be composed of steel. Since the hospital is located on Childrens Blvd, a direct road must travel from the apartment complex to that road or any adjacent roads that lead to Childrens Blvd. Additionally, adequate parking must accommodate all tenants as well as possible guests, while adhering to handicap laws. Considering that the majority of the land surrounding the hospital is undeveloped, proper plumbing, gas lines, and electrical conducts will need to be installed.

When making any decision, it is best to consider the costs and benefits, before determining your final choice. If I were to choose the expensive site downtown, I would most likely have a greater volume of customer traffic, the benefit of which would be a greater potential for sales and profits for my restaurant. However, the opportunity cost of being downtown would be the money that would be spent on rent. This could hinder my ability to obtain other things needed for my restaurant.

We only have “one small manufacturing facility in Glen Burnie, Maryland” (Wheelen 30-6). The main purpose of this facility is to provide better and faster service to important clients. In order to be competitive, we need to increase our manufacturing facility capacity.

2) Invest in plant tooling – This option has the lowest NPV hence is very unattractive option (Refer Appendix 3).Also this is a short term option and at the end of 5-10 years we have to decide again.

plant design in ways that would save energy and improve the process flow: (1) relocating and

Do the circumstances surrounding the sale of the Collinsville plant play any role in your willingness to buy the assets? If so, how, if not, why not?

The company 's District 4-East has outgrown its current production facility which provides an opportunity for expansion. The company has decided that they can achieve their business strategies by moving the current facility 10 miles away from its current location. The move will provide that the company generate an additional $1 million/year in product revenues. Additional production will provide that the company meets the current demand generated by marketing efforts.

We have decided about our manufacturing location based on our supplier's locations and their accessibility to be close to each other's and facilitates the delivery and shipping processes. Obviously, the price and quality are pre-requisites in choosing the suppliers, but the speed of delivery is also very important. The closer you are to your suppliers, the quicker your product can be on the market. Other considerations can be the ease of customer service, and the ability to speak to someone face-to-face at any given

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the similarities and differences between job shops and flow shops as well as advise with regard to facility layout. The selection of a job shop or flow shop layout should be made based upon the properties and characteristics the manufacturers desire to have in place for producing their products. These considerations will ultimately result in cost-saving measures as well as increases in overall efficiency.

Firms should consider resource-based view during the location selection process. A resource-based view suggests that resource accumulation and selection are a function of external strategic and within-firm decision-making factors (Feldman, 2004). Within-firm decision-making factors are guided by motives of effectiveness, profitability and efficiency, and economic rationality. External strategic influences are industry factors including the supplier and buyer power, product and industry market structure, and the intensity of competition. These factors influence or determine the type of resources that are selected, how they are selected and their deployment. Whether the selection and deployment of resource leads in variation across firms depends on market imperfections factors including barriers to acquisition, and others includes substitution of key inputs or resources, and imitation. These barriers impact on the competitors’ abilities to duplicate or obtain critical resources. They also lead to differences in