BSOP 434 Week 2..................(BSOP 434 Logistics with Lab - DeVry)

Chapter 6
Question 1 (p. 153): Why is transportation important to a firm’s supply chain operations?
Question 2 (p. 153): Why is it important to know about the characteristics of a country’s transportation infrastructure?
Chapter 8
Question 2 (p. 208): Discuss the factors that influence the number of facilities that a firm chooses to operate.
Question 8 (p. 208): Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to locating manufacturing, assembly, or distribution facilities in countries with relatively low wages.
Question 16 (p. 208): What quality-of-life considerations do you think are the most important for locational decisions? Why?

Discussion 1
How can a transportation manager take advantage of trade-offs between price and service? As a transportation manager, when would you want to take advantage of these trade-offs?
Dsicussion 2
Discuss the location selection criteria for distribution centers, warehouses, and manufacturing plants. How might these factors be considered important when locating a manufacturing facility? How do they differ from the factors considered important when locating a distribution facility?