Warmup Africa has many problems. Which of the following diseases has harmed the most people in...

Warmup

• Africa has many problems. Which of the following diseases has harmed the most people in Africa over the last 50 years?A. The Flu/Swine FluB. Diarrhea/Intestinal problemsC. HIV/AIDSD. The common cold

HIV/AIDS in Africa

Warmup• According to the Material Index Model, If you are a tire

producer and the weight of the rubber required to make your tires is MORE near the trees where it is harvested than the rubber that’s processed as a tire product, you will locate your tire factoryA. Close to the tire marketB. Close to the treesC. In the middle between the twoD. It doesn’t matter because tires are easy to transport.E. It doesn’t matter because tires are a footloose industry.

RubberTrees

Market

Factory50 cents/mile 35 cents/mile

RubberTrees

Market

Factory50 cents/mile35 cents/mile

LocationDepending on where you

are, this could be cool.

Problem 1

• You have come up with a brand new type of wine. Fortunately, UPS ships wine (though FedEx and the Post Office do not). Unfortunately, the wine you made expires after two weeks, so it has to get to its destination quickly.

• You want to sell your wine locally and nationally. Where would the most ideal location for your processing factory be?

Super Wine

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Problem 2

• You want to open a series of clinics which treat obesity. Obviously, you will not be shipping anything, so your physical location will be important.

• Where is the best place to open a series of clinics?

Obesity Clinics

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Problem 3

• You have finally done it! You have created a new GMO, which when combined with cotton, becomes as strong as steel, but as flexible and comfortable as regular cotton.

• You are going to vertically integrate this product. Where is the best location?

Steel Cotton

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Problem 4

• You develop and deploy new solar power technology. You have limited resources, so you must construct your science lab at the site of your solar panel array. You will need scientists as well as manual labor. Where is the best location?

Solar Panel Company

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Problem 5

• You are starting a small chain of retirement communities for the very wealthy. Where should your first five operations be located?

High End Retirement Homes

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Problem 6

• EUREKA! You have come up with a way to breed glow-in-the-dark goats. But that isn’t all! Their poop makes the greatest fertilizer anyone has ever seen. You will need a place to raise the goats, and then ship the fertilizer at the best price. Where is that?

Glow-Goat Manure!

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