Prepared Ltd has just realised that it has a problem with its inventory data as its inventory management system does not record lead times required to procure raw materials.

(a) What decisions made during the production cycle would be affected by this data problem? (LO3, LO4)

(b) How would those decisions be affected? How would this data problem affect the performance of the production cycle? (LO3, LO4, LO6)

(c) How would this data problem affect other processes at Prepared Ltd? (LO1, LO3, LO4, LO6)