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Outline the main characteristics of assembly industries, and for a consumer industry of your choice, analyse the locational and production trends of recent years
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a) Outline the main characteristics of assembly industries An assembly industry is one that uses a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit. For example car manufacturing is primarily concerned with the assembly of manufactured items to produce finished goods. It can be thought of as a system with interlinked inputs, outputs and processes. Assembly industries tend to be located closer to the market, because the distribution costs are higher than the collection costs, because the final product will have gained in size, weight and value compared to the size and value of each assembly item. Assembly industries are characterised by the complexity of its linkages. Firms and plants have links with thousands of component manufacturers, and with marketing, advertising and retailing industries. There are also often inter-plant linkages, with, for example in the car industry, engines being produced at one plant and gearboxes...
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