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The Hunan Restaurant wishes to locate a new facility. Based on the following subjective criteria, where should the new facility be located? (Very good=5, Good=4, Fair=3, Poor=2, and Very poor=1

Factor Score Evaluation by location

Factor Weight A B C D
Market 30 5 4 4 4
Labor climate 25 2 5 4 4
Suppliers 25 3 4 3 5
Quality of Life 20 2 3 5 2

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The solution describes the steps for calculating weighted scores to choose the new location.

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Let us find the weighted scores of all the locations.
Weighted score=summation of (weight of ...

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  • MSc (Hons) , Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India
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