Wagner Remodelers Inc. is looking for a new city in which to relocate their home remodeling business. The company employs highly skilled craftspeople who rehabilitate old housing. Most of their current craftspeople will relocate with the company; however, additional works at the new location will be hired. The most important location factors for the company were weighted and three target cities were scored against these factors.

a. Which location is indicated by the preference matrix?
b. Would the best location change if the company decided not to relocate any of its current craftspeople but instead hire only from the population at their new location? Assume that factors 8 and 9 are now given no weight and factor 5 is twice as important.

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Factor Score for Each City Factor Weight 15 15 Location Factor Coptic Royce 1. Proximity to run-down housing sock 2. Community population size 3. Proximity to the sources of building materials 4. Transportation infrastructure 5. Availability of skilled wworkers 6. Favorable zoning processes 7. Low city property tax rates 8. Availability of excellent primary education 9. Availability of family entertainment 10. Attitude of community to building rehabilitation 11. Proximity to real estate sales firms Total 10 10 10 100