请教GWD32-Q14

zhuceg

Q24~Q25: GWD32-Q13-Q14

Manufacturing site location is an important consideration in determining the optimal deployment of a firm’s production resources, but one that is usually given only limited attention. Decisions about location are often based purely on quantitative analyses that trade off transportation costs, economies of scale, and other cost-based variables. This practice, however, can lead to suboptimal results, as decision-makers tend to focus only on easily quantifiable factors. A further disadvantage of strictly cost-based methods is that they tend to focus on cost advantage factors, which are often transitory
        Government regulations, tax systems, and exchange rates can quickly change. Strategies based on such parameters may eventually be rendered obsolete by the very factors that first created an advantage.

        In contrast, qualitative issues, which are frequently neglected in choosing manufacturing site locations, are often central to creating and supporting a competitive advantage. For example, the level of skill possessed by the local workforce varies with location; consequently, location can affect the ability of firms to implement skill-based process technologies. When formulating a site location strategy, companies should therefore emphasize qualitative factors to ensure that the chosen strategy supports the company’s overall business strategy. Only after establishing a set of desirable location options should companies refine choices using cost-based factors.

Q14. According to the passage,
            analysis of quantitative factors is best used for which of the following?

A.      Determining strategies for offsetting qualitative disadvantages in manufacturing site locations

B.       Evaluating manufacturing site-location parameters affecting long-term competitive advantage

C.      Choosing manufacturing site locations that have access to optimal workforce populations

D.      Narrowing manufacturing site-location options arrived it through qualitative analysis

E.       Making decisions about business considerations other than location of manufacturing sites

答案是C

但我认为应该是D。 根据文章最后两句， quantitative (cost-based factors) should be used to refine choices after establishing a set of desirable location options by using qualitative factors.

请大家帮忙一起分析一下

zhuceg

自己顶一下，请大家帮忙看看，是否有同样的想法。

hsacrist6

同意D,定位见例子到最后

scarlett8327

我也严重支持D。。。

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yy179920478

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alibaba_2009

D

never9966

我也觉得是D，奇怪怎么不见人讨论呢。。。。

cdinitialb

同样支持D

看了其他一些帖子，基本大家的意见都是D,所以基本可以确定答案了。选了D的同胞们可以放心了。

kevinli120

太好了，我也选了D，刚刚还郁闷呢

ARCHER420

既然大家都选D 我也选D吧