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    exchange rates affect decisions about facility location in a supply chain? Please select two countries where facilities are located and then respond to this question. 1. Japanese car makers setting assembly plants in the US and other parts of the world 2. Blue Skies Fruits Company from the UK have built a factory in the Free-Trade-Zones enclave of Ghana Duties or tariffs and exchange rates form part of the macroeconomic factors that impact facility location in the supply chain and invariably

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    FACILITY LOCATION There are many analytical techniques that can be used in facility location decisions.Some of these are: 1) Factor Rating 2) Cost-Profit-Volume analysis 3) Center of Gravity Method‚ etc FACTOR RATING METHOD It is most widely used analytical technique. it is most popular technique because a wide variety of factor can be included in the analysis .It is useful for service and industrial location. In this method to merge quantitative and qualitative factors‚ factors are assigned

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    1 Facility Location Models 1.1 Introduction Facility Location is a geographic location of manufacturing/service facilities where transformation activities from inputs into the output are performed. Selecting a location of facilities is very crucial decision not only for manufacturing unit but also for service unit. Generally it is a strategic decision and involves lot of activities. It starts from identifying the suitable locations based on certain criteria and then evaluating all locations based

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    Give the presentation on Facility Location (Plant Location) and also explain the given case study. Case Study Toy Company When Arvind arrived at his office on Monday‚ July 1‚ 2009‚ to review end-of-year sales‚ several matters commanded his attention. The most urgent was that sales of his Toy Company were growing more than anticipated and it had already stretched his production capacity. To meet further sales growth projections‚ he needed to decide on an alternative. His company was founded

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    Facility Layout • • • • Types of Facilities Site Selection: Where to Locate Global Supply Chain Factors Location Analysis Techniques Prof N. Balasubramanian Facility‚ Capacity‚ Planning - MMS I 1 Types of Facilities • Heavy-manufacturing facilities – large‚ require a lot of space‚ and are expensive • Light-industry facilities – smaller‚ cleaner plants and usually less costly • Retail and service facilities – smallest and least costly Prof N. Balasubramanian Facility‚ Capacity‚ Planning

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    Facility Location and Facility Layout Strategic Importance • Supply-chain management is critical • Facility location—intrinsically related to SCM • Examples: – FedEx: While opening a hub for Asia in Philippines 1995— • it had to evaluate several sites • Linking its American (Memphis) and European (Paris) Hubs • BTW‚ the facility was closed and the new hub since 2009 is in Guangzhou‚ Southern China – Mercedes’ first overseas plant in Vance‚ Alabama • Evaluated 170 sites in 30 states and 2 countries

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    Running head: LocationLocationLocation! Week 3 Application Linda Traughber Walden University Abstract In this paper I will attempt to show‚ why choosing the right location in North America is so important. What factors are priorities in the location process‚ by creating a "short list" of three possible sites. Also showing where I would build and what makes it the best location. LocationLocationLocation! Some of the factors that are priorities that should be considered

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    Assuming that there’s an entrepreneurial mantra that’s getting a little long in the tooth‚ it’s probably LocationLocation‚ and Location. Information technology has transformed the way companies conduct business. Technology allows businesses to automate manual operations and process information much faster. When people are researching a business‚ the internet is the first place people go – even for small and local businesses. They want to know whether you are a legitimate business‚ what times your

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    locations 1 New York City 31st Street between 8th & 9th Avenue 3 Newton‚ MA Riverside Bus Station MBTA Green Line 335 Grove Street Where exactly do your buses stop? Our New York pickup/dropoff location is a bus stop in Midtown Manhattan on West 31st Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue. We do share our Midtown stop with another company‚ so we are sometimes loading

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    INTRODUCTION Facilities management is one of the fastest growing professions in the UK. Facilities managers are responsible for many of the buildings and services which support businesses and other types of organisation. FACILITATE MANAGEMENT. "A profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people‚ place‚ processes and technology." Another broader definition provided by IFMA

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