The process of continually acquiring information on events occurring outside the organization to identify and interpret potential trends is referred to as

A. significant trend analysis.
B. organizational scanning.
C. environmental scanning.
D. a SWOT analysis.
E. marketing intelligence.

Turrubiates corporation makes a product that uses a material with the following standards standard quantity 8.0 liters per unit standard price $2.50 per liter standard cost $20.00 per unit the company budgeted for production of 3,800 units in april, but actual production was 3,900 units. the company used 32,000 liters of direct material to produce this output. the company purchased 20,100 liters of the direct material at $2.6 per liter. the direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. the materials quantity variance for april is:

Ryan terlecki organized a new internet company, capuniverse, inc. the company specializes in baseball-type caps with logos printed on them. ryan, who is never without a cap, believes that his target market is college and high school students. you have been hired to record the transactions occurring in the first two weeks of operations.

Jaden has a degree in marketing. she would like to run her department. she is going back to school to get a degree in: a. web designer b. database administrator c. information security d. computer user support