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Eduncle posted an MCQ
March 02, 2020 • 23:11 pm 0 points
  • UGC NET
  • Management

Two statements given below are labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and answer the question that follows.

Assertion (A): Plant location is often oriented towards dominant factors such as raw material sources while warehouse location is definitely distribution oriented. 
Reason (R) : Plant location decision is driven by the competition and competitor while the warehouse location decision is exclusively driven by the cost considerations. 
Which of the following options is the correct?

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    Availability of raw material sources and presence of competition and competitors affect plant location decisions. The objective of warehousing is to store goods for distribution with minimum cost. Both the statements are true but (R) is not the right explanation of (A).

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