As purchasing agent for Eynan Enterprises in Richmond, Virginia, you ask your buyer Aldis Jakubovskis to provide you with a ranking of “excellent,” “good,” “fair,” or “poor” for a variety of characteristics for two potential vendors. You suggest that the “Products” total be weighted 40% and the other three categories totals be weighted 20% each. Aldis has returned the rankings shown in Table S11.2.

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TABLE $11.2 Vendor Ratings for Problems $11.10 and $11.11 Company Financial Strength Manufacturing Capability Research Facilities Geographical Locations Management Labor Relations Trade Relations Service Deliveries on Time Handling of Problems Technical Assistance Excellent Good Fair Poor (4) (3) (2) (1) K K K VENDOR RATING KD KD K D Quality Price Packaging Cooo KD D D D K D KD Products K D Sales Product Knowledge Sales Calls Sales Service DONNA INC. D KAY CORP. = K Excellent Good Fair Poor (4) (3) (2) (1) KD K KD KD DK D OXO K D