As a Facility Location Consultant, How Would You Advise a Client

question 23

Essay

As a facility location consultant, how would you advise a client wanting to locate a retail service facility differently than a client wanting to locate an on-line stock trading operation?

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Definitions:

Underfunded

A term referring to insufficient funding to meet future obligations or commitments.

Funding Requirements

The total amount of capital needed to support a business's operations, projects, or to fulfill other financial commitments.

Actuarial Assumptions

The hypotheses about demographic, financial, and other variables that actuaries use to calculate the liabilities and expenses of insurance and pension plans.

GAAP Standards

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; a set of rules and standards used for financial reporting and accounting in the United States.