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| Brownfields | “Locations that contain chemicals or other types of industrial wastes.” |
| Center-of-gravity approach | “An approach for locating a single facility that minimizes the distance to existing facilities” |
| Empowerment zone | “Created by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to encourage business development—through various tax credits—in economically depressed portions of cities.” |
| Expatriate workers | “Employees who are sent to other countries for extended periods of time.” |
| Facility closing | “A company discontinues operations at a current site because the operations are no longer needed or can be absorbed by other facilities.” |
| Facility location | “Refers to choosing the locations for distribution centers |
| Facility relocation | “A firm must move operations to another facility to better serve suppliers or customers.” |
| Free trade zone | “An area, usually near a port or an airport, where goods an be stored or processed before entering through the importing nation's customs inspections." |
| Grid system | “A location technique utilizing a map or grid |
| Intermodal competition | “Refers to the number of transportation modes available to prospective users.” |
| Intramodal competition | “Refers to the number of carriers within each mode.” |
| Inventory tax | “Analogous to personal property taxes paid by individuals |
| Maquiladoras | “Manufacturing plants that exist just south of the U.S.—Mexican border.” |
| Pure materials | “Materials that lose not weight in processing.” |
| Quality-of-life considerations | “Their intent is to incorporate nonbusiness factors (e.g. cost of living crime rate educational opportunities) into the decision of where to locate a plant or distribution facility. |
| Right-to-work laws | “State laws that specify that a worker does not have to join the union to work permanently at a facility.” |
| Supplier parks | “Key suppliers locate on |
| Sweatshops | “Organizations that exploit workers and that do not comply with fiscal and legal obligations toward employees.” |
| Weight-gaining products | “A product that gains weight in processing; the processing point should be close to the market. “ |
| Weight-losing products | “A product that loses weight during the production process; the processing point as near to its origin as possible.” |
