Pan American Refineries, headquartered in Houston. must decide among three sites for the construction of a new oil processing center. The firm has selected the six factors listed below as a basis for evaluation and has assigned rating weights from 1 to 5 on each factor:
FACTOR FACTOR NAME RATING WEIGHT 1 Proximity to port facilities 5 2 Power-source availability and cost 3 3 Workforce attitude and cost 4 4 Distance from Houston 2 5 Community desirability 2 6 Equipment suppliers in area 3 Subhajit Chakraborty, the CEO, has rated each location for each factor on a 1-to 100-point basis. FACTOR LOCATION A LOCATION B LOCATION C 1 100 80 80 2 80 70 100 3 30 60 70 4 10 80 60 5 90 60 80 6 50 60 90 Which site will be recommended based on total weighted scores?