Question: 10. East Texas Seasonings is preparing to build one processing centre to serve its four sources of seasonings. The four source locations are at coordinates

10. East Texas Seasonings is preparing to build one processing centre to serve its four sources of seasonings. The four source locations are at coordinates shown below. Also, the volume from each source is provided. What is the centre of gravity? (N is the volume for Carthage, Texas)

 
X-coordinate
Y-coordinate
Volume
Athens, Texas
30
30
1.5N
Beaumont, Texas
20
10
3.5N
Carthage, Texas
10
70
N
Denton, Texas
50
50
2N

________ occurs when competing companies locate near each other because of a critical mass of information, talent, venture capital, or natural resources.

Factor rating

Clustering

Break-even

Competition

Proximity

26. The Ten Critical Decisions of Operations Management include

process and capacity design.

pricing.

employee benefits.

finance/accounting.

advertising.

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