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2)ThethreemainfactorstoalocationofafactoryareLabor,Land,andCapital.Astimegoes
onintheUS,technologyadvances,slowlyreplacingmanuallaborwithmachines.Thishastaken
ahugeaffectonautomobiles,suchasBMW.Thisisbecausetheyarebuiltwithanassembly
linesystem,whichisveryeasytoreplicatewithmechanicalstations.Thismechanicallabor
coversthefirstfactoroflocation.Thesecondfactorisland.SouthCarolinaisveryrural,
particularlyfortheUS.Thismeanslandischeaperthaninurbanareas.Onthemap,thereisnot
manyroadsleadingtowardsornearthefactory.Thissuggeststhatthelandischeap.Thethird
factoriscapital.Thisreferstotheeconomicstabilityofanarea,anditsabilitytoloanto
companies.Whenstartingafactory,loansareaverybigthingtoconsiderwhenbuildingand
preparingasuccessfulbusiness.SouthCarolinaiseconomicallystableintheUS,letalonethe
entireworld.Thismeansthatitcangiveoutlargeloansinordertogetbackaprofit,forboththe
bank,aswellasthebusiness.
3)IfoundthattheonlymanufacturingplantintheentireUS,isinSC.1150acresoflandinSC
forBMW.Thisisasignificantamountofland.Itoperates750robotsforproduction.Weldingis
now98%automated.Priorto2010,weldingwasdonemanually.
https://www.bmwusfactory.com/manufacturing/factoryproducts/plantspartanburgvehiclemode
ls/
ThismapshowstheeconomicgrowthinSCcomparedtoother
states,meaninghighercapital,especiallyfortheUS.
https://www.economy.com/dismal/graphs/blog/sc_031708_1a_large.GIF
4)Myhypothesiswascorrect.Itwasshownthatamajorityofthelaborwasinfactmechanical,
beingthecheapestoption,tookawaytheneedtoworryaboutlaborwiththeautomobileindustry.
Landinthatpartofstateissignificantlycheaperthaninthecity,whichallowsforalargeplant,at
alarge1,150acresofland.ThecapitalissignificantlyhigherinSC,aswell,meaningthatBMW
couldgetaloanthatallowedlotsofprogress,whichfurthercontributedtotheeconomicstability
ofthearea.