A location analysis has been narrowed down to three locations. The critical factors, their weights, and the ratings for each location are shown below:

Location Scores

Factor

Warehouse Costs

Labor Costs

Transport Cost

Market Access

Raw Materials Costs

Utility Cost

Taxes

Weight

$20\%$

$20\%$

$30\%$

$10\%$

$10\%$

$5\%$

$5\%$

A

$70$

$80$

$90$

$50$

$80$

$50$

$80$

B

$80$

$80$

$70$

$70$

$90$

$60$

$40$

C

$90$

$60$

$60$

$90$

$70$

$50$

$75$

If the selection criterion is to be the greatest composite score, management should choose:

Either A or C

location B

location C

Either B or C

location A