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Introduction To Plant Location

Plant location and layout decisions are important strategic decisions that commit organizations to long-term financial and operational patterns. Location choices influence the type of equipment used, work flows, job designs, inventory levels, and other operating characteristics. Layout can be changed more easily than location and some factors like changing market conditions may show greater influence in selecting the layout. Management should regularly evaluate expanding, closing, or developing new facilities based on advantages.

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Introduction To Plant Location

Plant location and layout decisions are important strategic decisions that commit organizations to long-term financial and operational patterns. Location choices influence the type of equipment used, work flows, job designs, inventory levels, and other operating characteristics. Layout can be changed more easily than location and some factors like changing market conditions may show greater influence in selecting the layout. Management should regularly evaluate expanding, closing, or developing new facilities based on advantages.

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2 A plant is a place, where men, machine, material and equipment, etc. are
brought together foe manufacturing products.
2 Plant decisions are very crucial because they commit organizations to long
lasting financial, employment, a distribution patterns.
2 Management should always be alert to the advantages of expanding or
closing facilities, or of developing the new ones.
2 Plant location is not a static decision that can be made or forgotten.
2 Plant layout or facility layout choices follow the location decision.
2 They influence the type of equipment and level of technology employed, the
flow of work and design of jobs, inventory levels, and other operating
characteristics of the firm.
2 Layout can be changed more easily than location.
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