The purchasing department at a large international firm uses weighted-factor analysis as a part of its supplier evaluation process. Suppose that the firm has decided to evaluate three potential suppliers. The firm evaluates suppliers based on their technical abilities, their management, their quality, their delivery, and their price. The following weights are used in the evaluation:
Purchasing managers at the firm evaluated each supplier and determined the following raw scores:

Use the weights and the raw scores to conduct a weighted-factor analysis of the suppliers.

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Factors Supplier A Supplier BSupplier (C Raw Score Raw Score Raw Score Technical Design 90 75 85 Experience 70 80 75 Management Experience 85 75 90 Expertise 80 70 85 Quality Defect rate 90 70 85 Best 65 85 90 practices Delivery Lead time75 70 60 On-time 80 80 70 performance Price 85 75 80