What motivations typically cause firms to initiate a      facililties location or relocation projects?

Production Planning and Quality Management: MGMT430

Deliverable Length: 3-4 Body Pages

The memory chip manufacturer is also thinking about relocating one of their existing plants. Your boss is not sure that they should do so. He has asked you to write a white paper on the pros and cons of relocating facilities. In this paper, he wants you to specifically discuss:

• What motivations typically cause firms to initiate a      facililties location or relocation projects?
• How would a facility location decision for our company      differ from one for a service organization?
• Discuss five metrics which should be used when      selecting a new production facility location.
• Based on the these metrics, describe where in the      United States you would locate this facility. Please be specific as      to why you would choose this location.

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Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

1. TITLE PAGE.      Remember the Running head: AND TITLE IN ALL CAPITALS
2. ABSTRACT.      A summary of your paper…not an introduction. Begin writing in third person      voice.
3. BODY.       The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and      abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or      quadruple-space between paragraphs). The type face should be 12-pt. Times      Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold      type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references.      The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is      3-4 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and      analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
4. REFERENCE PAGE.       References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the      final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using      appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper and lower case      usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the      Reference Page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the      abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item      must have a corresponding in-body citation.

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