Location and Layout Design

Question 1

Factors influencing location?

Answer 1

• Access to key resources
  (Upstream and downstream)
• Transport infrastructure
• communications links
• Availability of land or property

Question 2

What are the socio-economic factors influencing location?

Answer 2

• Local labour supply
• Access to markets
• Government policies
• Proximity of competition

Question 3

Counter conventional factors influencing location?

Answer 3

• Competitive clustering:
  
  • co-locating for synergy
• averting development opportunities:
• selling complementary goods e.g. phone accessories near samsung store

Question 4

What are the 4 different layouts?

Answer 4

• Fixed position
• Functional or porcess
• cell
• product