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Operations Management Tanima Dutta, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 5: Facility Location

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

5.1 Need for a Facility Location Planning
5.2 Nature of Location Decisions
5.3 Factors Affecting Location Decisions

5.3.1 Factors affecting Manufactured Products
5.3.2 Factors affecting Service Products
5.4 Selection of Site for the Plant
5.4.1 Country
5.4.2 State/District

5.4.3 Plant Location
5.5 Procedures for Location Decisions
5.5.1 Facility Master Plan

5.5.2 Impact Planning
5.5.3 Site Evaluation
5.5.4 Micro-level Planning
5.6 Techniques of Locational Analysis
5.6.1 Factor Rating Method

5.6.2 Centre of Gravity Method
5.6.3 Least Cost Method
5.7 Summary

5.8 Keywords
5.9 Self Assessment
5.10 Review Questions
5.11 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Understand need for facility location

Explain nature of facility location
Discuss factors affecting location selection
Describe selection of site for the plant

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