A manager has received an analysis of several cities being considered for a new order fulfillment center
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- A manager has received an analysis of several cities being considered for a new order fulfillment center (warehouse) for the Shop at Home Network. The scores (scale is 10 points = best) are contained in the table below.
Factor | W | X | Y | Z |
Business services | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Community services | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Real estate cost | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Construction costs | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Operating costs | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Business taxes | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
Transportation costs | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
- 1. If the manager weights the factors equally, how would the locations be ranked?
- 2. If transportation costs and real estate costs are given weights that are triple the weights of the others, should the locations be ranked differently?
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Operations Management
ISBN: 978-0071091428
4th Canadian edition
Authors: William J Stevenson, Mehran Hojati
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