Interface,a Manufacturer of Floor Covering Products,has Recently Entered into an Agreement

question 6

Multiple Choice

Interface,a manufacturer of floor covering products,has recently entered into an agreement with Cargill,Inc.and Dow Chemical Company to develop a carpeting manufactured from corn fiber,rather than the traditional nylon.Interface hopes to develop a biodegradable carpet tile that will be sold to the public at prices only slightly higher than nylon carpet tiles.Interface's CEO has repeatedly said the mission of his company is to look for manufacturing materials that are renewable and are not petroleum dependent.
-Refer to Interface.A consumer who was in the market for floor covering would be most likely to locate information on the biodegradable floor tiles during which stage of the consumer decision-making process?

• A) Evaluation of alternatives
• B) Internal information search
• C) External information search
• D) Need recognition
• E) Postpurchase behavior

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Definitions:

Autonomous Maintenance

Operators partner with maintenance personnel to observe, check, adjust, clean, and notify.

Empowered

Given the authority, power, or confidence to make decisions, take action, and be responsible for the outcomes.

Expert Systems

Artificial intelligence programs that use expert-level knowledge to solve problems in a specific domain, mimicking the decision-making ability of a human expert.

Automated Sensors

Devices that operate autonomously to collect data or detect specific conditions, often used in industrial and home applications.