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

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.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Location }\\\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Factor } & \text { Weight } & \text { A } & \text { B } & \text { C } & \text { D } \\\hline \text { Wages } & 0.40 & 7 & 5 & 3 & 5 \\\text { Labor Climate } & 0.35 & 6 & 5 & 9 & 5 \\\text { Local Regulation } & 0.15 & 3 & 4 & 3 & 2 \\\text { Weather } & 0.10 & 2 & 8 & 6 & 9 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
Based on weighted scores, where should the company locate its new facilities?