Silky Industries is looking for a location for its second telephone remanufacturing facility. Two cities are under consideration. The two most important location factors are: Factor A “availability of resources” and Factor B “availability of customers.” However, the company is having great difficulty assigning relative weights to these factors. Location Factor Factor Weight Factor Scorefor Each City Blake Irmo A. Availability of resources 5 6 B. Availability of customers 10 7 Total 100 Assuming that the factor weights must sum to 100, what range of weights would make Blake the superior location?

Silky Industries is looking for a location for its second telephone remanufacturing facility. Two cities are under consideration. The two most important location factors are: Factor A “availability of resources” and Factor B “availability of customers.” However, the company is having great difficulty assigning relative weights to these factors. Location Factor Factor Weight Factor Scorefor Each City Blake Irmo A. Availability of resources 5 6 B. Availability of customers 10 7 Total 100 Assuming that the factor weights must sum to 100, what range of weights would make Blake the superior location?

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Location Factor	Factor Weight	Factor Score for Each City
Blake	Irmo
A. Availability of resources		5	6
B. Availability of customers		10	7
Total	100