Exam 15: Logistics Distribution, and Transportation

Facility location analysis considers the competitive imperative of locating near the appropriate labor pool to take advantage of low wage costs and/or skill levels.

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Question 21

The objective of facility location analysis is to select the site with the lowest total cost.

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Question 22

The text describes 14 "issues in facility location." Name as many of these as you can.(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)

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Question 23

Issues of product mix and capacity are strongly interconnected to the facility location decision.

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Question 24

A free trade zone operates under different rules and laws than a foreign trade zone.

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Question 25

The local government's willingness to invest in upgrading infrastructure to the levels required by a company is an important issue in a company's decision of where to locate a new facility.

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Question 26

Which of the following is a criterion that influences manufacturing plant or warehouse facility location decisions?

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Question 27

Name five of the six transportation modes discussed in the textbook.(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

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Question 28

A favorable business climate in facility location decision making might include government legislation of tax abatements.

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Question 29

An important issue in facility location analysis is business climate.An unfavorable business climate could be indicated by which of the following?

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Question 30

A third-party logistics company is a firm that manages all or part of another company's product delivery operations.

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Question 31

An example of a trading bloc is which of the following?

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Question 32

In facility location decision making, the factor-rating system is one of the least used general location techniques.

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Question 33

What is the name for a group of countries that have agreed on a set of special arrangements governing the buying and selling of goods between member countries? ________________________

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Question 34

In facility location decision making, the factor-rating system is based on linear programming.

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Question 35

One of the objectives in facility location analysis is to select a site with the lowest total cost.Which of the following costs are hidden costs that should be included in the analysis?

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Question 36

A major problem in a plant location decision based on the factor-rating system is that simple point-rating schemes do not account for the wide variance of costs that may occur within each factor used in the analysis.

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Question 37

In which of the following situations should we not use the transportation method of linear programming?

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Question 38

The Association for Operations Management defines logistics as "the art and science of obtaining, producing, and distributing material and product in the proper place and in proper quantities."

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Question 39

Facility location decisions are made using analytical techniques that are able to weigh a large number of different variables equally.

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Question 40

Exam 15: Logistics Distribution, and Transportation

Facility location analysis considers the competitive imperative of locating near the appropriate labor pool to take advantage of low wage costs and/or skill levels.

The objective of facility location analysis is to select the site with the lowest total cost.

Issues of product mix and capacity are strongly interconnected to the facility location decision.

A free trade zone operates under different rules and laws than a foreign trade zone.

The local government's willingness to invest in upgrading infrastructure to the levels required by a company is an important issue in a company's decision of where to locate a new facility.

Which of the following is a criterion that influences manufacturing plant or warehouse facility location decisions?

Name five of the six transportation modes discussed in the textbook.(1) ____________________ (2) ____________________ (3) ____________________ (4) ____________________ (5) ____________________

A favorable business climate in facility location decision making might include government legislation of tax abatements.

An important issue in facility location analysis is business climate.An unfavorable business climate could be indicated by which of the following?

A third-party logistics company is a firm that manages all or part of another company's product delivery operations.

An example of a trading bloc is which of the following?

In facility location decision making, the factor-rating system is one of the least used general location techniques.

What is the name for a group of countries that have agreed on a set of special arrangements governing the buying and selling of goods between member countries? ________________________

In facility location decision making, the factor-rating system is based on linear programming.

One of the objectives in facility location analysis is to select a site with the lowest total cost.Which of the following costs are hidden costs that should be included in the analysis?

A major problem in a plant location decision based on the factor-rating system is that simple point-rating schemes do not account for the wide variance of costs that may occur within each factor used in the analysis.

In which of the following situations should we not use the transportation method of linear programming?

The Association for Operations Management defines logistics as "the art and science of obtaining, producing, and distributing material and product in the proper place and in proper quantities."

Facility location decisions are made using analytical techniques that are able to weigh a large number of different variables equally.

Introduction

Strategy

Design of Products and Services

Project Management

Strategic Capacity Management

Learning Curves

Manufacturing Processes

Facility Layout

Service Processes

Waiting Line Analysis and Simulation

Process Design and Analysis

Six Sigma Quality

Statistical Quality Control

Lean Supply Chains

Global Sourcing and Procurement

Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Forecasting

Sales and Operations Planning

Inventory Management

Material Requirements Planning

Workcenter Scheduling

Theory of Constraints

Health Care

Operations Consulting

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Name five of the six transportation modes discussed in the textbook.(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)