Location Factors for Manufacturing
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What are the 7 factors
Location of customers
Location of raw minerals
Availability of water and power
Labour supply
Transportation
Politics
Circumstance
Location of customers
Depends on the location of customers.
Ex. Bakery cause the bread goes bad fast so it needs to be closer to customers
Location of raw materials
Helps to make giant amounts of fresh something. Easier.
Ex. Having a potato company close to potato farms.
Availability of fresh water and or power
When you need a lot of power to create something or using water for the factory.
Ex. Aluminum needs a lot of power to be processed.
Labour Supply
Having enough workers that are knowledgeable.
Ex. Cutting diamonds they need to have knowledge about it.
Transportation
Easy to move things to other places and shipping.
Political Factors
Circumstance
By coincidence it just starts there. If i start a hat company in Canada then it turns big and global that’s circumstance.
Reasons for lost manufacturing
Competition
Outdated tech
Low pay
Low demand
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