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Bulk-Reducing
Situation Factors
Site Factors
Outsourcing
Bulk-Gaining
100
inputs weigh (volume) more than final product.
What is bulk-reducing?
100
costs for transportation
What is situation factors?
100
labor, capital, land
What are the three site factors?
100
turning over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers
What is outsourcing?
100
product that gains volume during its production
What is bulk-gaining?
200
contains iron
What is ferrous alloy?
200
bulk-gaining and bulk-reducing?
What are the two main situation factors?
200
concentration of substances at a greater level than occurs in average air.
What is air pollution?
200
a company controls all phases of a highly complex production process; contrasts outsourcing
What is vertical integration?
200
fabrication of parts and machinery from steel and other metals
What is fabrication metals?
300
weigh more than 90% of the minerals used
What are non-metallic minerals?
300
mining, concentration, smelting, refining
What are changing situation factors for copper?
300
global, regional, ozone, local
What are different scales of air pollution?
300
transfer of some jobs to developing countries
What is new international division of labor?
300
beverage bottling
What is an example of a bulk-gaining industry?
400
chromium, magnesium, nickel
What are examples of important metals used in ferrous alloy?
400
point source and nonpoint source
What are the two sources of water pollution?
400
resignation of key employers, employee dishonesty
What are reasons for outsourcing?
400
proximity to market
What is a way to reduce cost of bulk-gaining?
500
proximity to input
What is a way to reduce costs of bulk-reducing?
500
ship, rail, truck, air
What are ways for transportation of inputs?
500
paper products
What is the largest percent of solid waste in US?
500
cheaper labor
What is one reason for outsourcing?
500
it costs more to ship heavier things
Why do we have bulk-gaining close to the market?