A supply chain manager faced with choosing among four possible locations has assessed each location according to the following criteria, where the weights reflect the importance of the criteria. How can he use this information to choose a location? Can you develop a quantitative approach to do this?

Points
VG = Very good: 5 points
G = Good: 4 points
OK = Acceptable: 3 points
P = Poor: 1 point

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Location Weight 13 4 riteria Raw material availability 0.15 Infrastructure 0.1 Transportation G P OK VG OK OK OK OK costs Labor relations Quality of life 0.35 0.2 0.2 VG OK P OK G VGP OK G VG P OK