As the buyer for the city of Perrysburg, you are evaluating a supplier for garbage cans to be used in the city's parks. Three suppliers returned acceptable bids within the allotted time frame. Supplier A Supplier B Supplier C
Category Weight Rating Rating Rating
Design 16% 4 3 2
Delivery 26% 2 3 4
Warranty 10% 3 1 2
Price 48% 3 4 2
All scores on a five-point scale with 1 = poor, 5 = excellent.
a. Calculate the total weighted score for each supplier. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Total Weighted Score
Supplier A
Supplier B
Supplier C
b. Based on these ratings from the supplier assessment, which supplier appears to be the best?
Supplier A
Supplier C
Supplier B

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?

In his speech on varying explanations of how the earth came into existence, eduardo begins with opinions, moves to inferences, and uses scientific facts in support of his last point. what principle of supporting material organization is eduardo utilizing in his speech?

How should the financial interests of stockholders be balanced with varied interests of stakeholders? if you were writing a code of conduct for your company, how would you address this issue?