Question: Parampal, the owner of Parampal Foods Inc., is considering India and Vietnam to expand its production facilities. He thinks several factors are critical in making such a decision with varied levels of relative importance. The factor scores and their relative importance s are the supply of raw materials (weight: 0.60 ), cost of transportation (weight: 0.30 ), and labor costs (weight: 0.10 ). The factor scores for both the countries are as follows: For India: Supply of Raw Materials Score 60, Transportation Cost Score: 60, and Labor Cost Score: 70 For Vietnam: Supply of Raw Materials Score: 70, Transportation Cost Score: 50, and Labor Cost Score: 90 Given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 60 , what should be the manager's decision? Solution: As the minimum acceptable composite score is 60 , both India and Vietnam qualify as a feasible option. However, we will select Vietnam as it has higher composite scores