Beagle Clothiers uses a weighted score for evaluation and selection of its suppliers of trendy fashion garments. Each supplier is rated on a 10-point scale (10 - higherst) for four different criteria: price, quality, delivery, and flexibility (to accommodate changes in quantity & timing). Because of volitility 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 table shows the scores for three potential suppliers for the four performance criteria. Based on the highest weighted score, which supplier should be selected?
Criteria Supplier Supplier Supplier
A B C
Price 8 6 6
Quality 9 7 7
Delivery 7 9 6
Flexibility 5 8 9