Transportation and Distance
{"Image DocumentName": "Transportation and Distance", "Image ImageDescription": "Industries want to locate where transportation costs are minimized and must consider two factors. Distance to market and weight of goods. Early factories located near energy resources but electricity enable factories to locate far from energy sources without incurring high costs. Spatially variable costs: costs that vary or change depending on the space in which it is located. Example: companies using perishable raw materials may want to locate near perishables to limit loss and minimize transportation costs. Weight-losing processes: manufacturing processes that create a product lighter and the raw materials going into it-example paper plant. Material orientation: when weight losing industries locate near the raw resource supply. Weight-gaining processes: take raw materials and create a heavier final product-example beverage companies. Market orientation: when weight gaining industries locate near the place where heavier product will be sold to limit transportation costs. Spatially fixed costs: when costs remain the same no matter where a company chooses to locate-example computer chips. Can also be known as Footloose industries because they are not bound to locational constraints.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}