INDUSTRY



INDUSTRY

LOOKING FOR GOOD INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS

The company you work for has decided to relocate overseas. You have been assigned the task of suggesting which countries your boss should investigate in more detail. Since he is a “visual guy”, he wants a map showing the best places to consider for the relocation.

Over the last 50 years there has been a movement by industry to seek cheap labor overseas. This search for cheap labor ultimately improved the earning and buying power of those countries used initially for cheap labor. Today these countries can no longer provide a cheap labor force. Cheap labor was originally found in countries such as Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Today China and many other SE Asia countries are replacing them with cheaper labor. Your boss wants you to consider countries in SE Asia other than China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

1) Determine what your company produces.

2) Use your atlas’s maps and tables to determine 4 to 6 factors to consider for ranking each of the countries.

3) You need to estimate minimum conditions that must be present to consider the country such as resources, energy, transportation….etc.

4) Visually compare these factors to China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan to help you decide if the conditions found in other SE Asia countries will be desirable.

5) Create a chart to help you calculate the desirability for each country (see example on board).

6) Create a map of SE Asia with a key that indicates the following:

-Countries to consider because they meet all your requirements.

-Countries that might be considered in the future, because they lack one factor being considered.

-Countries that should not be considered because the don’t meet most requirements.

7) Briefly explain your approach and findings. What information would have helped, but was not available in your atlas?

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