A location analysis for Temponi Control, a small manufacturer of parts for high-technology cable systems, has been narrowed down to four locations. Temponi will need to train assemblers, testers, and robotics maintainers in local training centers. Cecilia Temponi, the president, has asker each potential site to offer training programs, tax breaks, and other industrial incentives. The critical factors, their weights, and the ratings for each location are shown in the following table. High scores represent favorable values.

(a) Compute the composite (weighted average) rating for each location.
(b) Which site would you choose?
(c) Would you reach the same conclusion if the weights for operating cost and labor cost were reversed? Recompute as necessary andexplain.

Location Akron, Biloxi, Carthage, Denver, Factor Weight OH MS TX Labou availability 15 90 80 90 80 Technical school quality .10 95 75 85 Operating cost Land and .30 80 85 95 85 construction cost 15 60 80 90 70 Industrial incentives 20 90 75 80 85 85 60 75 Labor cost 10 75