How to avoid material shortage and plant shutdown? What are the keys in preparing a long term and short term plan?

Okay interesting question, This is based on the material in question is this locally sourced or internally, are these perishables or non perishables, look at the financial for the past 2 years and sales, then look at purchase requisitions and supply on demand delivery time and delays. what are the current supply requirements in hand, is the a delay in production and also look at tendered requisitions for supply chain. look at the marketing infrastructure in place and order logs. Does the company have access warehousing storage facilities and also if the company has a surplus in funds and you monitor the markets when the dollar drops in access purchase surplus stocks as this will ensure that when the dollar rises you have a higher profit rate.

I Hope this helps.

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Shakir

perfect answer below ..........