1. Resources
   1. people
   2. materials
   3. capital
      1. building
      2. machinery
      3. technology
2. Site
   1. selection
      1. cost of space
      2. cost of labour
      3. tax and regulations
      4. source of demand
      5. access to transportation
      6. supply of labour
   2. evaluation
   3. design
      1. site characteristics
      2. production process
         1. product layout
         2. fixed position
         3. flexible
      3. product line
      4. production capacity
3. Control
   1. purchasing
      1. suppliers
      2. discounts
      3. delegating
         1. outsourcing
         2. deintegration
   2. inventory
      1. raw materials
      2. work-in-process
      3. finished goods
   3. routing
   4. scheduling
      1. Gantt
      2. PERT
      3. critical path
   5. monitoring quality
      1. technology
      2. employees
      3. sampling
      4. complaints
      5. deficiencies
4. Efficiency
   1. targets
      1. benchmarking
      2. stretch targets
   2. technology
   3. economies of scale
      1. fixed costs
      2. variable costs
   4. restructuring
      1. production process
      2. organisational structure
      3. people
   5. integration of tasks