Question

Q1.  Think about any product that you have used or seen in market, and you feel it has negative impact on consumers or environment. If you were the manager of that company how could you improve that to make it more suitable for use ?

Q2. One of the great new “Marketplaces” of our time is the Internet and particularly e-commerce where buyers can meet sellers and transactions can take place. An Arab world example is Noon.com. Consider the following questions:

• How is Noon.com providing value to its customers?

• Describe the relationship they have with their customers?

• What are their markets?

Answer 1

A1. Many times, I see products like food containers and water bottles, made from plastic. From the look of the products and upon further reading their details, I found out they are not BPA or Bisphenol A free. The component BPA is often used in making plastics but it is harmful when it comes into contact with our food.

If I were a manager of the company manufacturing such products, I would immediately take strict actions to stop the production of such products. I would form a team and seek alternative methods to produce such containers without BPA. Many companies are manufacturing such products nowadays without the component so it wouldn't be difficult to find.

Next, I would implement the alternative method and make all the products of the company which would be used by the consumers to store their food without the component of BPA.