Which statementbestdescribes where the transitional sentence should be placed to create clear connections?

Paragraph Excerpt: For global manufacturing companies, high-performance production systems that contribute to the growth and competitiveness of the company are essential. However, this process of designing such production systems has received little attention within international companies.

Transitional Sentence: A wide range of U.S.-based companies have established how to design superior production-system design capabilities.

(a). The transitional sentence should be placed after sentence 1 (the one ending in "...are essential").

(b). The transitional sentence should be placed after sentence 2 (the one ending in "...international companies").

(c ). The transitional sentence shouldn't be included in this paragraph.