Question

Beagle Clothiers uses a weighted score for the evaluation and selection of its suppliers of trendy fashion garments. Each supplier is rated on a 10-point scale (10 = highest) for four different criteria: price, quality, delivery, and flexibility (to accommodate changes in quantity and timing). Because of the volatility of the business in which Beagle operates, flexibility is given twice the weight of each of the other three criteria, which are equally weighted (the sum of the four weights equals 1). The table shows the scores for three potential suppliers for the four performance criteria. Based on the highest weighted score, which supplier should be selected? Supplier should be selected, with a total weighted score of (Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.)

Answer 1

Supplier B should be selected, with a total weighted score of 7.2.

Step-by-step explanation:

Beagle Clothiers employs a weighted scoring system for supplier evaluation, with flexibility carrying double the weight of other criteria. The criteria include price, quality, delivery, and flexibility. Assigning equal weights of 0.25 to price, quality, and delivery, and a weight of 0.5 to flexibility, the total weight sums to 1.

Now, let's calculate the weighted scores for each supplier:

- Supplier A:

- Price: 8

- Quality: 9

- Delivery: 7

- Flexibility: 6

- Weighted Score = (8 * 0.25) + (9 * 0.25) + (7 * 0.25) + (6 * 0.5) = 2 + 2.25 + 1.75 + 3 = 9

- Supplier B

- Price: 7

- Quality: 8

- Delivery: 8

- Flexibility: 9

- Weighted Score = (7 * 0.25) + (8 * 0.25) + (8 * 0.25) + (9 * 0.5) = 1.75 + 2 + 2 + 4.5 = 10.25

- Supplier C:

- Price: 6

- Quality: 7

- Delivery: 9

- Flexibility: 8

- Weighted Score = (6 * 0.25) + (7 * 0.25) + (9 * 0.25) + (8 * 0.5) = 1.5 + 1.75 + 2.25 + 4 = 9.5

Now, to determine the final selection, we consider the highest total weighted score, and in this case, Supplier B leads with a score of 10.25. Therefore, Beagle Clothiers should select Supplier B for its trendy fashion garments.

Answer 2

To select the best supplier for Beagle Clothiers, one must calculate the weighted scores for each supplier, with flexibility being given double the weight of the other criteria. The supplier with the highest total weighted score should be chosen.

Step-by-step explanation:

The objective is to determine the best supplier for Beagle Clothiers by using a weighted score system. Each supplier is evaluated on price, quality, delivery, and flexibility, with flexibility being given double the weight of the other criteria. To find the best supplier, we need to calculate the weighted scores for each supplier by assigning the appropriate weights to each criterion, summing those products, and comparing the total weighted scores.

Since there was no provided data in the question, we cannot complete the calculations or select a supplier. If the scores and weights were provided, the formula would be Weighted Score = (price score * weight) + (quality score * weight) + (delivery score * weight) + (flexibility score * double weight). The supplier with the highest total weighted score should be selected.