Exotech Computers manufactures computer components such as chips, circuit boards, motherboards, keyboards, LCD panels, and the like, and sells them around the world. It wants to construct a new warehouse and distribution center in Asia to serve emerging markets there. It has identified sites in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore and has graded the important weighted decision criteria for each site as follows:

Recommend a site based on these decision criteria andgrades.

Decision Criterion Weight Shanghai Hong Kong Singapore Political stability Economic growth Port facilities Container support Land construction cost Transportation/distribution Duties and tariffs Trade regulations Airline service Area roads 0.25 0.18 0.15 0.10 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.02 0.02 90 75 90 90 30 70 90 95 95 50 70 70 95