Operations Management
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Chapter 8, Problem 2.3VC
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
The vice president of HR café is to select the next country for the café. In the front end selecting the city and the country will take a lot of research. The vice president picks the final spot and also keeps in track on the first year sales in the country.
The identification of site locations is taking into the factors of city centers where the trend of nightlife is on a high. The location analysis also means that there is a 10 to 15 years of investment in the new location.
To determine: Why HRC puts so much effort in location analysis.
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