Assignment task:
Which of the following is TRUE about supply chain networks? Group of answer choices Shipping a product to Asia or Africa should cost double what it costs to ship to Europe from the U.S., since Asia and Africa are twice as far away from the U.S. As distribution centers (DC's) are added to a network, each additional (duplicate) DC should have the same quantity of inventory as the DC before it. Long-term networks are fixed for the life of the company, thus it is important to know current customer service policies and to plan accordingly. The objective of network location decisions is to achieve a customer service level while considering the tradeoffs between facility, inventory, and transportation costs. Once an approximate location for a DC has been determined, it is not necessary to consider accessibility to roads and other transportation. The objective is to be in the center of everything.