КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА № 2 (II семестр)
для студентов специальностей «Менеджмент
организаций», «Управление качеством»
I часть
РАБОТА С ТЕКСТОМ
Factory Location and Capacity
Упражнение 1.
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Упражнение 2.
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1. What does the decision to make a new product usually involves?
2. What factors does a company have to take into consideration when it
decides where to locate its plant?
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Factory Location and Capacity
The decision to make a new product usually involves changing
equipment and altering layout of an existing factory, or constructing a new
production facility. When deciding where to locate a plant or factory, a
company has to take into consideration a number of factors, including the
efficiency of the region’s infrastructure, including telecommunications, and
road and rail transport; its utilities – the supply of energy and so on; the
cost of land and construction; and local tax rates. Land usually becomes
cheaper the further you go from the city centre, but a company must make
sure that it will be able to find appropriate labour skills at a suitable price.
It also needs to determine the availability and cost of raw materials,
components and supplies, and the lead time to acquire them. The
company must also take into account the cost of transporting raw
materials and components from suppliers and subcontractors, and
shipping or distributing products to wholesalers’ warehouses, retailers, or
other plants in the network. Transport costs and time constraints make it
logical to produce close to the customer.
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