S$11\mathrm{.}10$ As purchasing agent for Woolsey Enterprises in Golden, Colorado, you ask your buyer to provide you with a ranking of "excellent," "good," "fair," or "poor" for a variety of characteristics for two potential vendors. You suggest that the "Products" total be weighted $40\%$ and the other three categories totals be weighted $20\%$ each. The buyer has returned the rankings shown in Table S$11\mathrm{.}2.$

Which of the two vendors would you select?TABLE S$11\mathrm{.}2$

Vendor Rating for Problem S$11\mathrm{.}10$

VENDOR RATING

$\backslash$table$[[$Company$,$Excellent,Goood,Fair,Poor$],[,(4),(3),(2),(1)],[$Financial Strength,,,K$,$D$],[$Manufacturing Range,,,KD$,],[$Research Facilities,K$,,$D$,],[$Geographical Locations,,K$,$D$,],[$Management$,,$K$,$D$,],[$Labor Relations,,,K$,$D$],[$Trade Relations,,,KD$,]]$

$\backslash$table$[[$Products$,$Excelen,Good,Fair,Poor$],[(4),(3),(2),(1)],[$Quality$,$KD$,,,],[$Price$,,,$KD$,],[$Packaging$,,,$KD$,],[\backslash$table$[[$Sales$],[$Product Knowledge$]],,,$D$,$K$],[$Sales Calls,,,K$,$D$],[$Sales Service,,K$,$D$,]]$

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Service$],[$Deliveries on Time$]],,$KD$,,],[$Handling of Problems,,KD$,,],[$Technical Assistance,,K$,$D$,]]$

DONNA INC. $=D$

KAY CORP. $=K$