Discuss the paragraph below and give an example

The following are specific factors that need to be taken into account when deciding on a warehouse location:

1.Cost of land, rent and rates

2.Access to transport networks

3.Availability of affordable skilled labor

4.Transport links for staff

5.Availability of funding, grants, etc.

6. Availability of existing buildings

7. Availability and cost of utilities including telecoms

8.Availability of resources;

9.Goods traffic flows;1

0.Proximity to ports and airports;

11.Location of suppliers and manufacturing points

Fortunately the decision on where to site a warehouse does not have to be totally manual as there are a number of software programs available which will take the majority of these criteria into account and produce a number of viable alternatives.