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ACCA Strategic Professional · Advanced Performance Management · Technology and information systems

Orlo Manufacturing combines production data from three plants into one analytics platform to produce a rolling forecast. Plant A records output in units, Plant B in kilograms and Plant C in tonnes, without conversion. Which data quality issue most directly makes the consolidated forecast unreliable?

Lack of consistency between data sources. The plants record the same measure in different units without conversion, so combining the figures gives misleading totals. Timeliness, security and dashboard design are not what makes the consolidated forecast unreliable in this case.

  1. ALack of consistency between data sourcesCorrect
  2. BExcessive data timeliness
  3. CInsufficient data security
  4. DOver-reliance on real-time dashboards

Explanation

Different measurement units across sources mean the same field is not recorded on a common basis, which is a consistency problem. Combining them without conversion gives misleading totals. Timeliness, security and dashboards are not the cause of the error.

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