A Company Desires to Locate a New Facility Based on Weighted Scores,where Should the Company Locate Its New

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Essay

A company desires to locate a new facility.Based on preliminary analysis,the choice has been reduced to four locations: A,B,C,and D.These four locations were rated on a scale from 1 (worst)to 10 (best)on each of four criteria.Each criterion was also weighted to indicate its importance (i.e.,the higher the weight,the more important).The list of ratings and weights follows.
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$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Factor } & \text { Weight } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } \\\hline \text { Wages } & 0.40 & 7 & 5 & 3 & 5 \\\text { Labor Climate } & 0.35 & 6 & 5 & 9 & 5 \\\text { Local Regulation } & 0.15 & 3 & 4 & 3 & 2 \\\text { Weather } & 0.10 & 2 & 8 & 6 & 9 \\\hline\end{array}$$
Based on weighted scores,where should the company locate its new facilities?

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