Clustering involves:

a$.$ Locating close to competitors

b$.$ Locating far from competitors

c$.$ Locating far from suppliers

d$.$ Locating close to suppliers

All of the following are key location success factors except:

a$.$ Political risks, government rules, attitudes, incentives

b$.$ Cultural and economic issues

c$.$ Location of markets

d$.$ Just in time production

All of the following are methods for evaluating location alternatives:

a$.$ Factor$-$rating Method

b$.$ Locational Cost$-$Volume Analysis

c$.$ The Hans Gruber approach

d$.$ Transportation Model

ransportation modelling is defined as

a$.$ An iterative procedure that finds the least costly means of moving products from a series of sources to a series of destinations

b$.$ A method for evaluating all possible solutions to a company's locational layout

c$.$ Can not be used to help resolve distribution and location decisions

d$.$ More of an art than a science

To perform transportation modelling, Operations managers must determine:

a$.$ The origin points or sources

b$.$ Capacity or supply per period at each origin

c$.$ The destinations

d$.$ All of the above