Hi. Topic: Decisions related to logistics.

Please provide answers and thorough explanations and real-life explanations to the following.

I. What transportation mode has very high initial investment costs but gives a very low cost per mile for products that are highly specialized and require no packaging?

II. Very few products are moved without at least part of their journey being by what mode of transportation?

III. An important decision for multinational companies is the nation in which to locate the home base for each business. What business activity does not happen at the business's home base?

IV. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text as a technique for identifying potential sites for plants or other types of facilities? (The centroid method, Factor-rating systems, Linear programming, The transportation method of decision analysis, Regression analysis)

V. Not among the factors related to infrastructure in making facility location decisions is which of the following? (Satisfactory hotel accommodations, Adequate air transportation, Energy requirements, Telecommunications requirements, Willingness of local government to invest in infrastructure upgrades)