| Suppliers If your business relies on external sources for its raw materials, this 
should be a main concern of the product mix. Not being supplied the desired 
items and quality on time may cost you valuable business and customers. Collect all the necessary information to complete the two tables. If you find 
you have only one supplier for a product, make sure it's not a strategically 
critical product. If the product is of strategic importance, the supplier has to 
be screened thoroughly and all efforts made to locate another source (just in 
case). For this purpose we have included the second table 'Alternate suppliers'. 
Complete this table as well, providing all the necessary information. You may 
add additional information, such as supply channels, methods of supply and so 
forth. Main suppliers 
 Alternate suppliers  
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