Modelo, SA S.A

Essay

Modelo, S.A., is considering three providers of automated visual inspection systems for their packaging needs. A team of manufacturing engineers, production managers, and process engineers has developed the following list of criteria and assigned them ratings on a scale of 1 (completely unimportant)to 5 (critical). This team has also rated the candidate products on each of these dimensions using a scale of 1 (poor)to 5 (excellent). Which provider should they choose and what caveats, if any, should go with their recommendation?
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Dimension } & \text { Importance } & \text { Provider A } & \text { Provider B } & \text { Provider C } \\\hline \text { 4 megapixels } & 5 & 4 & 5 & 5 \\\hline \text { Minimal fringing } & 3 & 4 & 3 & 2 \\\hline \text { 15 fps VGA movie mode } & 4 & 4 & 4 & 1 \\\hline \text { Minimal shutter lag } & 2 & 2 & 5 & 5 \\\hline \text { Works in dim light } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { Water resistant } & 5 & 5 & 2 & 1 \\\hline\end{array}$$