3RD BACC IB

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

1. Analyse two ways in which the location of a retail shop could affect its competitiveness (2
marks)
2. Explain the factors that a hairdressing business might take into account when deciding
whether to relocate (2 marks)
3. Why might a high-technology business decide to locate in Germany, despite the huge labour
cost advantages that some developing countries have? (2 marks)
4. Why do many small firms use job production? (2 marks)
5. Explain one advantage and one disadvantage that batch production has compared to job
production (2 marks)