A Company Is About to Select a Vendor for the Outsourcing

Essay

A company is about to select a vendor for the outsourcing of all of its waste management needs. It has identified four criteria critical to the selection. These criteria, and their importance weights, appear below. Three vendors and their scores are listed below. Which vendor has the highest composite score?
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | r | } \hline & \text { Weight } & \text { Vendor 1 } & \text { Vendor 2 } & \text { Vendor 3 } \\\hline \text { Criteria 1 } & 0.32 & 6 & 8 & 5 \\\hline \text { Criteria 2 } & 0.25 & 4 & 1 & 5 \\\hline \text { Criteria 3 } & 0.21 & 7 & 2 & 7 \\\hline \text { Criteria 4 } & 0.22 & 5 & 4 & 4 \\\hline\end{array}$$