Operations and Supply Chain Management
Operations and Supply Chain Management
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780078024023
Author: F. Robert Jacobs
Publisher: MCG
bartleby

Concept explainers

Question
Book Icon
Chapter 15, Problem 1DQ
Summary Introduction

To explain: The motivations that typically make firms to start a facilities location or a relocation project.

Facility location:

It is the procedure of selecting the ideal location for a new plant or warehouse taking into consideration all the necessities such as transport, manpower, and other facilities.

Expert Solution & Answer
Check Mark

Explanation of Solution

There are many reasons why a firm might look at a facility location or a relocation project. Some of them are:

  • Firms that are looking to move closer to markets or close to the supply locations usually decided to relocate or create a new facility.
  • Sometimes firms might require an educated workforce which forces them to relocate near a major university.
  • Sometimes firms relocate as they find it difficult to operate within the regulations when the costs are too much to bear.
  • Sometimes firms relocate if they identify transportation is cutting off too much of their profits.

Want to see more full solutions like this?

Subscribe now to access step-by-step solutions to millions of textbook problems written by subject matter experts!
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Operations Management
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, operations-management and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:Cengage,
Text book image
Operations Management
Operations Management
ISBN:9781259667473
Author:William J Stevenson
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi...
Operations Management
ISBN:9781259666100
Author:F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Business in Action
Operations Management
ISBN:9780135198100
Author:BOVEE
Publisher:PEARSON CO
Text book image
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:9781285869681
Author:Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi...
Operations Management
ISBN:9781478623069
Author:Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher:Waveland Press, Inc.