The owners of Speedy Logistics, a company that provides overnight delivery of documents, are considering where to locate their new facility in the Midwest. They have narrowed their search down to two locations and have decided to use factor rating to make their decision. They have listed the factors they consider important and assigned a factor score to each location based on a five-point scale. The information is shown here. Using the procedure for factor rating, decide on the betterlocation.

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Factor Score at Each Location Factor Weight Location 1 Location 2 Factor Proximity to airport Proximity to road access Proximity to labor source Size of 40 30 4 10 facility 20 4