The large auto parts manufacturer for which you work has recently purchased land in an adjacent city and plans to build an additional warehouse. This is the best example of which of the following?

Question

Options

• AA brownfield operation
• BA greenfield operation
• CA workforce plan
• DAn acquisition

• A
  8% (3)
• B
  88% (35)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Building a new warehouse on newly purchased, undeveloped land is a greenfield operation - the company is constructing a facility from scratch on a clean site, like a "green field" that hasn't been built on before. A brownfield operation (A) would involve redeveloping or repurposing an existing site or facility, such as renovating an old factory. A workforce plan (C) addresses staffing needs, not physical infrastructure. An acquisition (D) means purchasing an existing company or facility, not building a new one from the ground up.

Memory tip: Think of "greenfield" as literally building on green grass - fresh, new, never-built land. "Brownfield" = an already-used ("dirty/brown") site being reused.

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