A company is about to select a vendor for the outsourcing of all of its waste management needs. It has identified four criteria critical to the selection. These criteria, and their importance weights, appear below. Three vendors and their scores are listed below. Which vendor has the highest composite score?
$0.16443\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | r | } \hline & \text { Weight } & \text { Vendor 1 } & \text { Vendor 2 } & \text { Vendor 3 } \\\hline \text { Criteria 1 } & 0.37 & 8 & 9 & 8 \\\hline \text { Criteria 2 } & 0.23 & 5 & 9 & 7 \\\hline \text { Criteria 3 } & 0.24 & 7 & 1 & 6 \\\hline \text { Criteria 4 } & 0.16 & 4 & 4 & 3 \\\hline\end{array}$

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A company is about to select a vendor for the outsourcing of all of its waste management needs. It has identified four criteria critical to the selection. These criteria, and their importance weights, appear below. Three vendors and their scores are listed below. Which vendor has the highest composite score?

0.16443\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | r | } \hline & \text { Weight } & \text { Vendor 1 } & \text { Vendor 2 } & \text { Vendor 3 } \\\hline \text { Criteria 1 } & 0.37 & 8 & 9 & 8 \\\hline \text { Criteria 2 } & 0.23 & 5 & 9 & 7 \\\hline \text { Criteria 3 } & 0.24 & 7 & 1 & 6 \\\hline \text { Criteria 4 } & 0.16 & 4 & 4 & 3 \\\hline\end{array}

Lexie Nicola · Accepted Answer

Final Answer :   Total  1  Vendor 1   Vendor 2   Vendor 3   Weighted sum  6.43 6.28 6.49  Weighted average  6.43 6.28 6.49 \begin{array} { | r | r | r | r | r | } \hline 	ext { Total }  &  1  &  	ext { Vendor 1 }  &  	ext { Vendor 2 }  &  	ext { Vendor 3 } \\hline 	ext { Weighted sum }  &   &  6.43  &  6.28  &  6.49 \\hline 	ext { Weighted average }  &  6.43  &  6.28  &  6.49 \\hline\end{array}  Total   Weighted sum   Weighted average  ​ 1 6.43 ​  Vendor 1  6.43 6.28 ​  Vendor 2  6.28 6.49 ​  Vendor 3  6.49 ​ ​   Vendor 3 has the highest composite score of 6.49

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