Location decision as an integral part of organizational strategies.
Facilities location deals with question such as where should our main operations are based? Should it be Assam, karnatake or Tamilnadu? If karnatake is most desirable, should it be in Bangalore or Mysore? Once the manufacturing plant has been erected, it is a long from committed on the capacity created, capacity not only in terms of the machinery and equipment but also in terms of arrangement and development of raw materials resources, labour, skills, market and distribution channels and the adjustment with the environment. Location of facilities for operations is thus a long term capacity decisions which involves a long term commitment about the geographically static factor that effect a business organisation. Some changes and adjustments in capacity qualitatively and quantitatively at the location are always possible, however in most of the cases, it is not easy to change the location of the operations based once it has been established. The planning for 'wh