Cartown Corporation manufactures paper and paper products and is trying to decide whether to purchase Truckcity Company. Truckcity has developed a process for manufacturing boxes that can replace containers that use fluorocarbons for expelling a liquid product. The price may be as high as $45 million. Cartown prefers to buy Truckcity and integrate its products while leaving the Truckcity management in charge of day-to-day operations. A major consideration is the efficiency and effectiveness of Truckcitys operations. Cartown wants to obtain a report on the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the Truckcity sales, production, and research and development departments.

1. Who can Cartown engage to produce the report resulting from this operational audit? 2. Name one advantage and disadvantage in choosing from among them?