An airport Baggage Handing Department has evaluated two proposals for baggage delivery conveyor systems. A present worth analysis at i = 15% per year of estimated revenues and costs resulted in PWA = $460,000 and PWB = $395,000. In addition to this economic measure, three more attributes were independently assigned a relative importance score from 0 to 100 by the department manager and a senior team supervisor. Importance Scores Manager 45 35 30 20 Attribute Economics Durability Safety Maintainability Importance Scores Supervisor 40 35 25 15 Separately, you have used the four attributes to value rate the two proposals on a scale of 0 to 1.0 as shown in the following table. (The economic attribute was rated using the PW values.)
An airport Baggage Handing Department has evaluated two proposals for baggage delivery conveyor systems. A present worth analysis at i = 15% per year of estimated revenues and costs resulted in PWA = $460,000 and PWB = $395,000. In addition to this economic measure, three more attributes were independently assigned a relative importance score from 0 to 100 by the department manager and a senior team supervisor. Importance Scores Manager 45 35 30 20 Attribute Economics Durability Safety Maintainability Importance Scores Supervisor 40 35 25 15 Separately, you have used the four attributes to value rate the two proposals on a scale of 0 to 1.0 as shown in the following table. (The economic attribute was rated using the PW values.)
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An airport Baggage Handing Department has evaluated two proposals for baggage delivery conveyor systems. A present
worth analysis at i = 15% per year of estimated revenues and costs resulted in PWA = $460,000 and PWB = $395,000. In
addition to this economic measure, three more attributes were independently assigned a relative importance score from 0
to 100 by the department manager and a senior team supervisor.
Importance Scores
Manager
45
Attribute
Economics
Durability
Safety
Maintainability
35
30
20
Attribute
Economics
Durability
Safety
Maintainability
Separately, you have used the four attributes to value rate the two proposals on a scale of 0 to 1.0 as shown in the
following table. (The economic attribute was rated using the PW values.)
Value Rating
Proposal A
1.00
0.35
1.00
0.25
Importance Scores
Supervisor
40
35
Select the better proposal using the following method.
Weighted evaluation of the department manager's method.
The value of R; for A is
The value of R¡ for Bis
The better proposal is (Click to select)
25
15
Value Rating
Proposal B
0.90
0.50
0.20
1.00
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