The Michele Equipenent Company is in the preces of manking its suppliers for one of Its key components, To assiat in the eviluation process, the informatlon on their four supplens is shown in the following table. Faxh performance catcgory is scored on a seale frum 0 (umsatisfictory) to log (cxcel lent) and assigned a weight hased on its relative importanee Suppliers are consid ered"preferied" if they wore between 90 and 100 . Prefered supyliers ware thowe hat Wichelle ligupment will werk with en new product dewelopmeat, wpprove for new rathing ob between fol and by, in lhas calegery, hie supgliet is required lo prownde a plan