Which is the first step in the process of selecting a new facility location? ANSWER Unselected Consider alternative regions; then narrow the choices to alternative communities and finally to specific sites. Unselected Identify the important location factors and categorize them as dominant or secondary. Unselected Collect data on the alternatives from location consultants, state development agencies, city and county planning departments, chambers of commerce, land developers, electric power companies, banks, and onsite visits. Unselected Bring the qualitative factors pertaining to each site into the evaluation