Acme Fasteners Desires to Locate a New Facility

question 31

Multiple Choice

Acme Fasteners 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.
Based on weighted scores, where should Acme locate its new facility?

• A) A
• B) B
• C) C
• D) D

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