A Program for Locating the New Plant.

The article focuses on determining the best location for a new factory in the United States. The basic considerations are cost trends and intangible social factors such as the community's educational, civic, and recreational systems. Smaller communities often have the advantages of good highways and truck shipping, as well as more space for plant layout. The five aspects of making plant-location decisions include definition of the new plant's objectives, analysis of data from an "internal study" conducted by a study group, and preparation of a "final report" for the board of directors. Topics include weighting factors that affect location and sources of information pertaining to factory relocation.