A footwear company has a number of manufacturing facilities around Asia, as shown in Figure 4.8. There are five manufacturing sites in China, three in India, and one each in Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan. Singapore and Hong Kong also have the facility to act as regional consolidation sites.

Draw arrows on the map showing where the flow of exports to the North American market could be consolidated. Write a brief description that explains your reasons for choosing these consolidation points and the flows between them.

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Key: Regional consolidation site Manufacturing site Figure 4.8 Location of Asian facilities China India Hong Kong Thailand Singapore Talwan