Which of the Following Statements Concerning Decisions Regarding Location of Facilities

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning decisions regarding location of facilities is false?

• A) Deciding where a company will locate its facilities constitutes a large part of the design of a supply chain.
• B) A basic trade-off here is whether to centralize to gain economies of scale or decentralize to become more responsive by being closer to the customer.
• C) Companies must also consider a host of issues related to the various characteristics of the local area in which the facility may be situated.
• D) All of these statements are true.
• E) None of these statements are true.

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