DonutVille caters to its retirement population by selling over 10,000 donuts each week. To produce that many donuts weekly, DonutVille uses 1,000 pounds of flour, which must be delivered by 5:00am every Friday morning.

1. How should the manager of DonutVille acquire flour? Explain.

2. What would be a similar scenario where you would use this same approach in your industry? Explain.