[Supplier] How do you balance continuity of supply with pressure to reduce cost?

I treat that as a tradeoff that needs to be made explicit instead of pretending both goals can always move in the same direction. In some categories, supply continuity is so important that savings only matter if they preserve reliability. In other categories, the business can absorb more risk and push harder on cost.

My role is to make that tradeoff visible with facts: what continuity is...