Case Study ABC Bank is thinking of opening a new branch in a certain city besides its existing branches due to customers' complaints of long waiting lines and distant of existing branches from them. As an expert n field of banking operations, you were asked to put the criteria of choosing the new location a- What are the main success key factors for choosing the location of the new branch in the city stating the reason for being relevant b- Arrange the factors in a descending order according to their importance - What are the sources that will be used to define the score of these factors for each location alternative

Case Study ABC Bank is thinking of opening a new branch in a certain city besides its existing branches due to customers' complaints of long waiting lines and distant of existing branches from them. As an expert n field of banking operations, you were asked to put the criteria of choosing the new location a- What are the main success key factors for choosing the location of the new branch in the city stating the reason for being relevant b- Arrange the factors in a descending order according to their importance - What are the sources that will be used to define the score of these factors for each location alternative

Practical Management Science

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337406659

Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

Section: Chapter Questions

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