A company using a weighted-criteria evaluation system has established these 4 categories and the appropriate weight in parentheses: Technology(0.25), Quality(0.30), Environmental (0.20), Cost(0.25). Currently they use supplier ABC that presently has a supplier score of 85. Calculate supplier XYZ's total score and decide (based on supplier score) if the company should change suppliers.

The scores for supplier XYZ are shown below for each category.

Performance Measure

Score

Technology

80

Quality

75

Environmental

90

Cost

85

HINT: SCORE for XYZ = (weightage*Score) +