Question

As purchasing agent for Eynan Enterprises in​ Richmond, Virginia, you ask your buyer to provide you with a ranking of​ "excellent" (worth 4​ points), "good"​ (3 points),​ "fair" (2​ points), or​ "poor" ​ (1 point) for a variety of characteristics for two potential​ vendors, Donna Inc.​ (D) and Kay Corp.​ (K). You suggest that​ "Products" total be weighted 0.4​,

the​ "Company" total be weighted 0.2​, and the​ "Service" and​ "Sales" totals each be weighted 0.2. The buyer has returned the following ranking. Which of the two vendors would you​ select?

Table​ 1: Company
	Excellent​ (4)	Good​ (3)	Fair​ (2)	Poor​ (1)
Financial Strength		nothing	nothing	KD
Manufacturing Range	nothing	nothing	K	D
Research Facilities	K		D
Geographical Locations	K	nothing	D	nothing
Management	nothing	KD	nothing	nothing
Labor Relations	nothing	nothing	nothing	DK
Trade Relations	nothing	nothing	K	D

Table​ 2: Service
	Excellent​ (4)	Good​ (3)	Fair​ (2)	Poor​ (1)
Deliveries on Time		KD
Handling of Problems		KD
Technical Assistance		K	D

Table​ 3: Products
	Excellent​ (4)	Good​ (3)	Fair​ (2)	Poor​ (1)
Quality	K	nothing	D	nothing
Price	nothing	nothing	D	K
Packing	nothing	nothing	K	D

Table​ 4: Sales
	Excellent​ (4)	Good​ (3)	Fair​ (2)	Poor​ (1)
Product knowledge			D	K
Sales Calls	nothing	nothing	nothing	DK
Sales Service		K	D

You should choose vendor with a weighted score of

nothing. ​(Enter your response rounded to one decimal​ place.)

please show steps and answer

Answer 1

Table for Ratings of both vendors are shown below to compute the totals under each head, namely, company, service, sales and product

Table 1: Company	Kay Corp	Donna Inc
Financial Strength	1	1
Manufacturing Range	2	1
Research Facilities	4	2
Geographical Locations	4	2
Management	3	3
Labor Relations	1	1
Trade Relations	2	1
COMPANY TOTAL	17	11
Table 2 : Service
Deliveries on Time	3	3
Handling of Problems	3	3
Technical Assistance	3	2
SERVICE TOTAL	9	8
Table 3 : Products
Quality	4	2
Price	1	2
Packaging	2	1
PRODUCTS TOTAL	7	5
TABLE 4 : SALES
Product knowledge	1	2
Sales Calls	1	1
Sales Service	3	2
SALES TOTAL	5	5

Weighted score of Kay Corp = Weights of each factor * Total rating of factors

Weights for company, service, products, sales are 0.2,0.2,0.4,0.2 respectively.

Weighted score of Kay corp = 0.2*17 + 0.2*9 + 0.4*7 + 0.2*5

= 9

Weighted score of Donna Inc = 0.2*11 + 0.2*8 + 0.4*5 + 0.2*5 = 6.8

So, the weighted score of the buyer, Kay Corp is greater than that of Donna Inc. Hence, it is ideal to choose Kay Corp as the vendor for Eynan enterprises.