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发表于 2005-1-28 17:32:15 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

24.The following appeared in a memo from the president of Viva-Tech, a manufacturer of
high-tech medical equipment.
"In order to reduce cost, we should close some of our existing small assembly plants and build a large central plant. Grandview would be an ideal location for this new plant.First, of the locations that we have considered, Grandview has the largest adult population, so that we will be able to staff our plant quickly and easily. Second,since the average wage earned by worders in Grandview is less than that in the other locations, we should be able to keep producion costs low. Last, as an inducement for us to build there, Grandview's town council has offered to allow us to operate for the first three years without paying city taxes."

To reduce the manufacturer's cost, the president first pointed out that they should build a large central plant instead of a few existing small assembly plants. He also stated that
Grandview is the ideal location for the following facts:(1)it is easily and quickly to staff
the big plant because of the largest adult population in Grandview.(2)the average wage there
is lower than that in other locations.(3)they will be free of city taxes for three years.
Close scrunity of these facts, however, each of them cannot strongly surpport the president's recommendation.

First of all, to reduce the cost, closing small plants and building a large central plant may be not a wise behavior. As these small plants have existed, they can produce the profit and, furtherly, to erect these factories and to make and keep them run the company should have spent much money. On the other hand, only the process of building a large plant will cost a great deal, needless to say the maintaining it and the unknown future value it will make. In short, from the memo, the president doesn't prove that this big central factory, even though it costs some money, draws substantial profit, more than that of the small assembly plants.

While, even if a large central plant is needed and profitable, the facts that surpport
Grandview is an ideal location are not credible. For example, the president articulated that Grandview had the largest adult population so that they will be able to staff the plant quickly and easily. As is known that, however, the Viva-Tech is a high-tech manufacturer, these adult are not all fit for the jobs for the lack of some skill. Or perhaps these people already have their work, and no statistics show that they will be pleasent to quit their contemporaty jobs and join in the plant.Furtherly, we don't know how about the welfare of the factories in Grandview and that of the Vive-Tech, nor the comparison between them, while which is an important consideration of the employees. Also, the president proved that the average wage is the least, but we can't conclude how much is the salary in a manufacturer, maybe is very high because today's blue-collar workers often earn more money than white-collar workers.

Maybe the police, the plant being allowed to operate free of city taxes for three years, is a sweety inducement, it can't convice us that taxes in Grandview is light. It is possible that other taxes are many and heavy. Even if the taxes are not a heavy burden, we don't know the environment for the investment is in good condition or whether the supply of raw materials is sufficient and convenient, which, I think, are neccessary to an investment as a heart to a human being. If the distance between the resource of the material and Grandview is long and the transportantion fee is very high, for instance, the decision likely has to be considered again.

Hence, the recommendation relies on certain doubtful assumptions that render it unconvicing as it stands. To strengthen it, the president should give out more solid evidence, such as the comparison of the profits of the central plant and the small plants, the level of the education and the rate of the employment. Also, to better assess the recommendation, I would like to know the polices and the environment for investing in Grandview, the conveniency and sufficient of the supply of the raw material.