Carpet tiles and systems and methods of making same

A method of making a carpet tile, comprising:

• (a) extruding an adhesive composition onto a back surface of a primary backing component of a greige good, the greige good further comprising a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing component and extending from a face surface of the primary backing component;
• and
• (b) laminating a reinforcement material onto the adhesive composition, wherein the reinforcement material has an open structure and opposed first and second sides that are spaced apart relative to a vertical axis, the open structure comprising a porous structure, a plurality of through-openings, or an open-mesh structure;
• (c) allowing the adhesive composition to flow through the open structure of the reinforcement material from the first side of the reinforcement material to the second side of the reinforcement material;
• and
• (d) cooling the adhesive composition to define an adhesive layer comprising the adhesive composition and the reinforcement material, wherein the reinforcement material is at least partially embedded within the adhesive composition,
• wherein the adhesive composition is applied to the back surface of the primary backing component and defines at least a portion of a first side of the adhesive layer, and wherein the reinforcement material and the adhesive composition each define respective portions of a second side of the adhesive layer opposite the first side of the adhesive layer.