Assignment: The Location Plan
For this assignment, you will create a location plan for a business of your choice. Follow the steps below to complete this assignment:
1. Choose an industry or a business that you have a passion for - for example, soap or candle making, etc.
2. Research your chosen business, and then describe in detail, general information about the business, including the industry it belongs to and basic elements of the business
3. Choose one method of your base of operation (i.e., how you want to operate your business):
o Brick-and-mortar
o E-commerce
o Mix between the two
4. Apply all of the applicable sections contained in Chapter 9.
5. Design and describe your physical facilities.
6. Perform a SWOT analysis on this location plan, with a minimum of five items in each quadrant. Also describe how you will overcome your weaknesses and threats.
7. Describe if your business model is going to be a B2B, B2C C2C, information-based, content-based, transaction-based, or emerging options, and why.
8. Use bold headings in your essay to separate the different sections of your plan as described above.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.