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That seems right. Businesses aren't islands, they work with other businesses to provide their services. But you as a business have an issue with a vendor/supplier, that's still on you. If McDonalds can't get fries, I don't blame farmer X for a failed harvest, I blame McDonalds for a fragile supply chain.


We should figure out who McDonalds' ice cream machine maker is and ask them why their product keeps breaking down.





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