Locational Triangle FRQ

Proximity to the market is an important factor influencing manufacturing location.

Describe the advantage of locating manufacturing near the market.

Describe the disadvantage of locating manufacturing near the market.

Identify the three points of the least-cost theory triangle in the image above.

Describe the two transportation variables used in Weber's least-cost theory.

Explain the conditions under which least-cost theory predicts that manufacturing will locate closer to the market than to material sources.

Explain how containerization changed how firms determine proximity to the market.

Explain the relationship between transportation and the spatial scale at which manufacturing location decisions are made.