Please discuss the Atlantic Lumber Traders case study:

(1) Identify the problem in financial terms. (2) Diagnose the cause(s) by identifying specific business practices or situations that created or caused the problem (3) Prescribe possible alternatives (4) Recommend a plan of action (decision/implementation) along with proposed financial metrics (ratios/measures), which would define improvement success (5) State the importance and relevance of the case to the study of business.