What is the critical issues confronting WCC North America and what changes, if any, should be initiated to address the critical issues?

Answer and Explanation:

What is the critical issues confronting WCC North America?

WCC North America faces a supply chain management issue whereby there are lapses in integrating divisions within the organization resulting in complications with determining order status of customers.

What changes, if any, should be initiated to address the critical issues?

The text "Supply Chain Logistics Management, by Donald J. Bowersox, David J. Closs, M. Bixby Cooper, John C. Bowersox, 2013" mentions the need to address the critical issue of WCC North America by setting up a system that populates data of customer order status,recognizing them as high volume key accounts, in order to keep order response efficient and effective.

answer: i'd say the answer is d because the information system is the human already doing the activity.