Which of the Following Statements Concerning Decisions Regarding Location of Facilities

Which of the following statements concerning decisions regarding location of facilities is false?

A) Deciding where a company will locate its facilities constitutes a large part of the design of a supply chain.
B) A basic trade-off here is whether to centralize to gain economies of scale or decentralize to become more responsive by being closer to the customer.
C) Companies must also consider a host of issues related to the various characteristics of the local area in which the facility may be situated.
D) All of these statements are true.
E) None of these statements are true.