Question

Wagner Remodelers Inc. is looking for a new city in which to relocate their home remodeling business. The company employs highly skilled craftspeople who rehabilitate old housing. Most of their current craftspeople will relocate with the company; however, additional workers at the new location will be hired. The most important location factors for the company were weighted and three target cities were scored against these factors. Click the icon to view the factors table. a. The superior location is with a total weighted factor score of (Enter your response as a whole number.)

Table:

Answer 1

$NetRating=\sum FactorWeightXFactorScore$

FOR COPTIC::

Net Rating = (15 × 1) + (10 × 4) + (5 × 3) + (10 × 1) + (10 × 2) + (15 × 4) + (5 × 2) + (5 × 1) + (5 × 3) + (15 × 1) + (5 × 4)

Net Rating = 225

FOR CITY SPARTA::

Net Rating = (15 × 3) + (10 × 4) + (5 × 3) + (10 × 3) + (10 × 4) + (15 × 3) + (5 × 2) + (5 × 3) + (5 × 4) + (15 × 1) + (5 × 2)

Net Rating = 285

FOR ROYCE::

Net Rating = (15 × 4) + (10 × 4) + (5 × 3) + (10 × 4) + (10 × 4) + (15 × 3) + (5 × 3) + (5 × 1) + (5 × 5) + (15 × 5) + (5 × 3)

Net Rating = 375

Based on highest rating, the superior location is ROYCE with total weighted factor of 375.