The Factors Used to Evaluate Location of a Manufacturing Plant

question 7

True/False

The factors used to evaluate location of a manufacturing plant are usually different from the factors used in locating a service facility.

Understand the role of raw materials and labor in production optimization.

Distinguish between different types of constraints (e.g., nutritional, capacity, budgetary) in linear programming models.

Apply graphical or corner-point methods to solve linear programming problems.

Evaluate the impact of changes in constraints on the solution of a linear programming problem.

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Definitions:

Introns

Noncoding sections of an RNA transcript, or the DNA encoding it, that are removed before the RNA molecule is translated into a protein.

Promoter

In an operon, a sequence of DNA where RNA polymerase binds prior to transcription.

Transcription

The process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

Protein

Large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues essential for the structure, function, and regulation of the body's cells, tissues, and organs.