During process 2.0 plan production schedule at AB Hi-Fi a production planning clerk decides how many of each product should be produced during the upcoming month. Take a moment to review this section of the narrative before you complete the following questions.

Required

(a) What data does the production planning clerk draw on when making their decision?

(b) Where do the data you identified in part

(a) come from?

(c) Are these data reliable; that is, is there any possibility that there could be errors in the data?

(d) Are these data sufficient to make the decision, or can you identify additional data that the clerk should consider when making the decision?

(e) What would be the consequences of an incorrect decision?