"Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, 5th Edition"

1. Where should the plants be located and what degree of flexibility should be built into each? What capacity should each plant have?

2. Should plants be able to produce for all markets or only specific contingency markets?

3. How should markets be allocated to plants and how frequently should this allocation be revised?

4. What kind of flexibility should be built into the distribution system?

6. What actions may be taken during product design to facilitate this flexibility?