Transportation
Order of Transportation methodologies, in relation to cost (Highest Cost to Lowest)
What is Airplanes, Trucks, Trains, Boats, and Pipelines
A industry that requires large machines to function, but little labor is used.
Capital Intensive Industry
A modernized production methodology, in which workers are assembled into teams to complete several interconnected tasks.
What is Post-Fordist Production?
A factory is equidistant from both its inputs and its market; This is an example of a _______ industry.
What is a Footloose Industry?
What is the converse of offshoring production to multiple separate companies?
What is Vertical Integration?
Assume a product is shipped to the Denver International Airport before then being delivered to a house with a truck. The Denver International Airport is a...
(There should be two "what is?")
What is Labor, Capital, and Land; What is Industry location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside a plant?
A system of production that requires very little human capital. This system became predominant soon following WW2 in America specifically.
What is Fordist Production?
The mining, refining and smelting of copper ore is an textbook example of this type of industry.
What is a bulk reducing industry?
A concept explains the clustering of transcontinental tech corporations in silicon valley, and the type of capital that is ubiquitous in the area.
(Should be two answers, one a concept, and the other a type of capital)
What is agglomeration and human capital?
Consider small designer bags that are manufactured in Italy. These designer bags have recently became extremely profitable as a result of a recent trend creating lots of demand in NY, but the manufacturers know that in less than a week they will go out of style and therefore become unprofitable. What type/form of transportation should manufacturers ship the bags with?
What is an airplane?
This describes the phenomenon of industry jobs leaving the US and Europe and offshoring and outsourcing to developing countries.
What is the New International Division of Labor?
In order to compete with other manufacturers, costs inside industries have to be at a minimum. WIth this production methodology maximum efficiency and profit can be achieved.
What is Lean Production?
As a result of increasing factories and land costs, Mr. Siemple has moved his production of maps to his own house, making changing his type of industry.
What is a cottage Industry?
Explain how the development of transportation infrastructure, like canals and railroads, during the Industrial Revolution facilitated the process of industrialization and urbanization in major cities across Europe.
What is the increased availability of transportation has allowed for the early agglomeration of industries--and people--inside city's, as labor and land was still relatively cheap, along with easy material transportation.
Assume the port of Los Angeles is destroyed by a hurricane. As it is a critical break of bulk point, its destruction obviously disrupts several industries. Consider furniture, copper ore (copper metal in final form), and snow globe businesses. If they are all manufactured to their final form in california and shipped to their respective markets in asia, which business would be the most affected by the change of break of bulk point and transportation transfer? Order these from least affected to most, and remember to consider product quality and their type of industry.
What is snowglobes, copper ore, and furniture?
Assume finished cars are produced in southern texas before being disturbed only inside and slightly surrounding the state, as it is much too expensive to ship them far. If the minimum wage was raised much higher in Texas and it no longer offset the transportation costs, what nearshore country would be most suitable for the new production of the cars, and what is the name of these plants?
What is mexico and maquiladoras?
(If only one answer is correct, the received score should be half.)
The creation of Iphones heavily depends on the global supply chain, along with several allied transcontinental corporations. (Two terms, which each correspond to the two parts of the sentence.)
Offshoring and Outsourcing
In 1980, 68% of the worlds steel was manufactured in developed countries. By 2021, that figure dropped to 19%. This shift of manufacturing perfectly describes what phenomenon?
Explain how the development of a robust transportation network, including railroads and highways, has impacted the location and growth of industries, using the concept of 'least cost theory' to analyze the relationship between raw material sources, production facilities, and market access.
What is the increased impact of STC and overall transportation developments has lowered the costs of transportation of several industries, influencing an increase in offshoring and outsourcing. This therefore allows farther proximities to market and factories. This all directly correlates with Weber's estimations as it is now much cheaper to offshore and transport long distances than pay for labor near modern markets.