A Regional Bookstore Chain Wants to Build a Distribution Center

question 42

Multiple Choice

A regional bookstore chain wants to build a distribution center that is centrally-located for its eight retail outlets. It will most likely employ which of the following tools of analysis?

• A) assembly line balancing
• B) load-distance analysis
• C) center-of-gravity method
• D) linear programming
• E) locational cost-volume analysis

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