QUESTION: THREE $(15$ MARKS$)$

"Supply chain network design decisions include how many manufacturing plants, production lines, distribution centres, and cross$-$dock facilities a firm should have, where they should be located, how much capacity should be allocated to each facility, which products should each facility produce or handle, and which markets should each facility serve"$-($Chopra$,2019).$

With reference to the above statement, briefly evaluate the role of network design in a supply chain by identifying three factors that influence supply chain network design decisions to promote supply chain surplus in an organisation. $(15)$