Which of the Following Is an Example of an Organization

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of an organization using the Geographical Information System (GIS) method for locating multiple facilities?

• A) A company that is searching for a location for its combination manufacturing plant and warehouse to better serve several geographical regions of the country.
• B) Load-distance scores and center of gravity data being used to locate a facility to provide better customer service for multiple customers.
• C) A company that is searching for a manufacturing plant location that provides enough space for the plant to double in size over the next five years.
• D) A hospital network that wants to locate several satellite medical facilities in outlying areas to better serve a major metropolitan area.

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Definitions:

Joint Costs

Costs incurred in the process of producing two or more joint products before the point at which the products become separately identifiable.

Joint Costs Method

An accounting approach used to allocate costs among multiple products that are produced simultaneously from the same process or materials.

Physical Units Method

The Physical Units Method is a technique used in process costing that allocates costs based on the number of units produced, disregarding the varying production stages or levels of completion.

Dairy Production

The process of managing and producing milk and milk-based products, often from cows or goats.