Response to the following MCQ'S:
Question 1. Which of the following is a not criterion that influences manufacturing plant or warehouse facility location decisions?
Suppliers
Free trade zones
Political risk
Gross national product
Tariffs and customs duties
Question 2. Which of the following is a criterion that influences manufacturing plant or warehouse facility location decisions?
Proximity to customers
Corporate policy
Competitor's locations
Competitive advantage
Host community politics
Question 3. One of the objectives of facility location analysis is to select a site with the lowest total cost. Which of the following costs should not be included in the analysis?
Outbound distribution costs
Incidental costs
Energy costs
Hidden costs
Taxes
Question 4. How many free trade zones are there in the United States?
Less than 50
Less than 100
About 260
More than 412
About 310
Question 5. The centroid method for plant location uses which of the following data?
Volume of goods to be shipped between existing points
Inbound transportation costs
Transport times between facilities
Correlation matrix of existing facilities
Probabilities and payoffs
Question 6. A company wants to determine where they should locate a new warehouse. They have two existing production plants (i.e., Plant A and Plant B) that will ship units of a product to this warehouse. Plant A is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (50, 100) and will have volume of shipping of 250 units a day. Plant B is located at the (X, Y) coordinates of (150, 200) and will have a volume of shipping of 150 units a day. Using the centroid method, which of the following are the X and Y coordinates for the new plant location?
(81, 117)
(88, 138)
(117, 102)
(76, 123)
X and Y coordinates cannot be computed from the data given.