KB Home has determined that consumers within the markets that the company serves generally prefer the inclusion of eco-friendly options within their home offerings compared to the choice of selecting a set of eco-friendly options as add-ons to the company's home offerings. KB Home's management has decided that they are interested in gaining greater insight into the different reasons why this might be the case and has commissioned a series of focus groups and interviews for this purpose. What kind of data will KB Home collect through the use of the commissioned focus groups and interviews, and what type of research approach is most closely related to the use of focus groups and interviews in this context

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?