A location analysis has been narrowed down to two locations, A and B. The main factors in the decision will be supply of raw materials, which has a weight of .50, transportation cost, which has a weight of 0.4, and labour cost, which has a weight of .10. The ratings for raw materials, transportation, and labour are for A-60, 80, and 70, respectively; for B-70, 50, and 90, respectively. Given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 75, we can say that the manager should:   options:   choose location B   none of the choices   reject both locations   choose location A   be indifferent between these locations

Q2k Audi is considering three locations A, B and C for the production of its new model SUV XL500. The objective is to choose the location with the lowest costs. The costs are measured as annual fixed costs plus the variable costs of the product. The following data has been collected for the three locations.< Region Fixed costs per year A B C 10 000 000 20 000 000 25 000 000 Variable cost per unit 1. at what level of production will C be the best choice? 2. at what production rate will A be the best choice? 3. at what level of production will B be the best choice? 2500 2000< 1000< The company's projected annual production in the new plant is 0-60 000 units.< Ask

Location Problem with Two Sites. Oliveira Office Supply has a large retail system consisting of twelve stores spread around the country, often in direct competition with Kilroy. However, managers at Oliveira have decided to use two national distribution centers. When Oliveira's stores are mapped on the same grid as Kilroy's, the store locations occur at the coordinates listed in the following table. As in the previous exercise, there are also data to indicate how many trips are made annually to each store:Coordinates    TripsSite (k)    xk    yk    nk 1      2    96    21 2      5    41    12 3     20    10    20 4     44    48    15 5     60    58    27 6    100     4     8 7    122    94    21 8    138    80    16 9    150    40    1010    170    18    1811    182     2    2512    190    56    14A)Find the optimal location for Oliveira's two distribution centers in this expanded version of the problem.b) What is the optimal value of the objective function?

Identify and clarify seven key factors affecting decision on the location?

In deciding on where to locate their next grocery store, Publix narrowed it down to 3 locations (St. Augustine, the Airport area, or the Westside). They are using 2 criteria to make their decisions costs (with a weight of 70%) and customer base (with a weight of 30%). Each item was scored on a 10-point scale with 10 being the highest. St. Augustine rated a score of 4 for cost and 10 for customer base; the Airport area rated a score of 6 for cost and 5 for the customer base, and the Westside rated a score of 8 for cost and 2 for the customer base. __________ 2a. What is the computed mean score for each of the 3 locations? __________ 2b. Which location should be chosen based on the highest score?

13. Bowties-R-Us plans to open a new factory and is looking for a suitable location. They have narrowed their choice down to three locations, Zhengzhou, China; Tijuanna, Mexico; and Nashvile, TN. They have defined four factors and have assigned weights (in parentheses) to these factors as follows: wage rates (60), construction costs (20), logistics (10), and climate (10). They then rated the three locations for the four factors, using a scale of one to five (1=worst, 5=best). Their ratings are as follows:   Location ( Zhengzhou) (Tijuanna) (Nashville)   Factor:   Wage rates ( 5 ) ( 4 ) ( 1 )   Construction costs (. 5 ) ( 5 ) ( 3 )   Logistics ( 1 ) ( 3 ) ( 5 )   Climate ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 4. )   I.) Using the factor rating method, calculate the scores and totals for each location   a. Zhengzhou = 5, Tijuana = 4, Nashville = 1   b. Zhengzhou = 14, Tijuana = 14, Nashville = 13   c. Zhengzhou = 60, Tijuana = 20, Nashville = 10   d. Zhengzhou = 440, Tijuana = 390, Nashville = 210   e. Cannot…

Use the photo attached to answer the following question, 1.Using the centre of gravity location technique, determine the best location that will minimize total travel distance. SHOW WORKING

Fruit Centre Ice Cream Parlor is deciding where to locate a new facility. The annual fixed costs, initial fixed costs and variable costs for each site have been estimated as follows; Location Annual Fixed Costs (shs) Initial Fixed costs selling price (shs) Variable costs(shs) Namugongo 35,000 400,000 200/unit 200/unit Kireka 19,000 250,000 400/unit 45/unit Banda 15,000 200,000 600/unit 2500/unit Ntinda 95,000 170,000 100/unit 360/unit If demand is expected to be 2000 units, which location is best? and  Forecasting is a key component in operations management. Identify and describe any three methods of forecasting that you would recommend to a service industry.

Q) A discount store chain wants to build a new superstore in an area in Melbourne near four small towns with populations between 10,000 and 40,000. The coordinates (in miles) of these four towns and the market population in each are as follows: Coordinates Carlton St Kilda Ballarat Frankston 12 18 30 32 20 12 8 25 Population 18,000 17,000 10,300 10,000 a) Determine the best site using the center-of-gravity technique. b) Suppose the store is limited to two possible sites for locating a new superstore. The coordinates (in miles) of these two potential sites are site 1 (10, 30) and site 2 (20, 10). Using the load-distance technique, determine the best site for the new super store. c) Plot the four small towns and the proposed new distribution centers according to center of gravity method and load-distance method on a grid map. Give your own opinion about it.

Discuss some of the consideration and factors that causes location decisions?