Scenario: a supplier's plant floods
Execute the contingency: activate the second source, re-sequence orders, and protect the line.
A key supplier's plant floods overnight. Execute the contingency: activate the second source, re-sequence orders, protect the line.
At 6am you learn your primary supplier's plant took on water and is down for an estimated eight weeks. They carry 60% of a critical sub-assembly. Your line has 11 days of stock. This is the day dual-sourcing and a contingency plan earn their keep.
The exposure, right now
FactorStatus
Primary supplierDown ~8 weeks
Share of supply60%
Days of stock11
Second sourceQualified · 40%
Execute the contingency
- Activate the second source. Because it's already qualified, you lift its allocation from 40% toward 100% with a signed order the same morning — no fresh vetting under pressure.
- Re-sequence the schedule. Pull forward the builds that use your remaining stock and defer the ones that don't, buying days without stopping the line.
- Buy the gap. Place a spot order with a third qualified supplier to cover the shortfall between stock running out and the second source ramping.
The bridge
WeekDemandCovered by
1–2On planStock + 2nd source
3–5On plan2nd source + spot
6–8On plan2nd source at full
The line never stopped — not because you improvised brilliantly on the day, but because a qualified second source and a written contingency turned a crisis into a checklist.
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