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Consider a small, but growing, company that distributes kitchen supplies. The customers are primarily small retailers such as kitchen specialty stores, hardware stores, and other types of home retail stores. Managers currently keep track of all customers, orders, and inventory information using a spreadsheet.

1. Describe in detail the Sales Cycle in such an organization, including the different stages of the cycle and the type of information that can be processed to help in the order processing and inventory tracking at each stage of the cycle.

2. Identify and describe one (1) Operational level decision, one (1) Managerial level decision, one (1) Strategic decision that can be made within this company. Explain your reasoning using the context of the business scenario as an example for each decision.

3. Describe two (2) types of reports that can be produced by an MIS to help managers make recurring decisions in managing a function or the entire business. Using the context of the business scenario, provide an example of each type.