Select a large retail organization of your choice. Research and discuss the following questions: How can the organization's location decision impact their production system (e.g., materials, labor, rent, transportation, and community-related factors.)? What community factors influence their location decisions (e.g., size of community, public transportation, schools, restaurants, shopping centers, etc.)? How do their location decisions compare to their competition? Does it provide the organization you selected with a competitive advantage? What is factor rating, and how does it apply to the organization you have selected? For example, what are the relevant factors and relative weights to the factors, and how might you rate alternative factors? What are your basic assumptions in locational cost-profit-volume analysis? For example, are fixed costs constant for the range of probable output, and are variable costs linear for the range of probable output? Can the level of output that will be required be estimated within a narrow range?

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