The concepts of Make vs. Buy and strategic outsourcing COVID-19 are now a part of life. Many industries now realize the full impact of COVID-19 on their businesses, i.e., having to shut down operations in 2020 is not catching up with being able to meet demand. This is evident with chip shortages, baby formula shortages, labor shortages, congestion in the ports of California, inflation, rising gas prices, a pending recession, etc. That being said, let's revisit a vital issue from 2020. What was just two years ago feels like a century ago because so many events occurred. During the spring of 2020, none of us could predict what would happen. Watch the Fortune video below on "The case of the missing toilet paper: How the coronavirus exposed U.S. supply chain flaws" before answering the following questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paVs0ikDI8&t=4s A). If you are a distributor or retailer like Publix, Kroger, Walmart, Target, Amazon, Costco, Sam's Club, etc. relying on toilet paper manufacturers (such as P&G, Kimberly-Clarke, and Georgia Pacific) for your supply, what would your options be to meet the increase in demand of toilet paper to your customers?

B). If you are the head of manufacturing for one of the manufacturers (P&G, Kimberly-Clarke, or Georgia Pacific), what internal business functions would you consider). making in-house, b). buying, and c). outsourcing? Why did you choose these functions?