What can serve as search engines, site reminders, or personal surfing assistants? a. Shopping and information agents b. Data-mining agents c. Heuristic-data agents d. Monitoring and surveillance agents

The correct answer is A. Shopping and information agents

Explanation:

When a customer needs to acquire goods in the market, he needs the best information regarding those goods. That will allow you to optimize your purchases and act with good judgment.

If it is a minor purchase, the customer can do a market study. But when they are imported products, or when it comes to foreign trade operations, it is when it is more advisable to go to these professionals.

A purchasing agent acquires supplies and goods of all kinds for its customers, which can be individuals or companies. These clients need the goods to be able to develop their economic activity, but they are not aware of the market in a broad sense. That is why they resort to the figure of the purchasing agent, to do that work for him.

To carry out their functions, purchasing agents follow several steps:

First they evaluate all the possible suppliers, investigating their degree of reliability and seriousness in the commercial relations. They contact them, negotiating quantities and prices, to get the best possible product, at the best price. Sometimes they request a sample of the product, to present it to the customer. This will determine if it suits your needs or not. Manage the entire purchase chain, solving any problems that may arise, until the final delivery of the product takes place