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TYPE OF FACILITIES
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Type of Facilities
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Dear apprentice, throughout this material you are going to learn about
the characteristics of Logistics facilities and also, the main
considerations to have into account when choosing one of them.
What is a Facility?
A facility is a place or building used for a particular activity or industry. Facility location and
specifications are important for production logistics, product distribution, and customer support.
Location has a major impact on the overall risk and profit of the company. Companies make location
decisions according to selling demands, plants capacity, labor productivity, exchange rates, costs, or
local attitudes.
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Una facilidad es un lugar o el edificio de usado para una actividad particular o la industria. La
posicin de facilidad y datos especficos son importantes para la logstica de produccin, la
distribucin de producto, y la ayuda al cliente. La posicin tiene un impacto principal sobre el
riesgo total y el beneficio de la empresa. Las empresas hacen decisiones de posicin segn
demandas de venta, la capacidad de la planta, la productividad de trabajo, tipos de cambio,
gastos, o actitudes locales.
16.2. TYPE OF FACILITIES
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Production facilities
The mission of the production facility is to receive raw materials, working stock, and fabrication
components and convert them into finished products to be provided to the customer. Its
location is between the sources of raw materials, working stock, vendors, transportation from
the production point to the market zones.
The site requires manufacturing resources, material inventory, order processing and
communications.
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Instalaciones de produccin
Distribution centers
The mission of the distribution center is to receive consignments of finished products from the
production point and store them to replenish retail outlets in the market area.
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Centros de distribucin.
La misin del centro de distribucin es de recibir los envos de productos finales del punto de
produccin y almacenarlos para rellenar puntos de venta al por menor en el rea de mercado.
1. Apoyo de relleno a los inventarios de punto de venta al por menor del producto.
2. Accin de componentes de repuesto y partes de recambio,
3. Transacciones al por mayor a minoristas,
4. Capacidades de mantenimiento intermedias.
The selection of a location facility depends on the production and the transfer and production
costs. In order to determine the best location, in terms of distance (or transport zones),
between the materials sources and market centers, is necessary to consider:
Costs of transfer of raw materials and working stocks from the sources to the production
plant.
Costs of transfer of finished products from the plant to market centers
Production cost (labor, taxes, utilities, facility costs, etc.) at the plant site.
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