Even if we could source raw materials faster, we can't necessarily exceed the maximum throughput of the country's toilet paper manufacturing capacity. When no more can be done on the production side, we must convince the customer that excessive purchase of toilet paper is statistically unnecessary. We also must assure these customers of what the lead time will be in 99.999% of the time in the case there is a toilet paper outage.
Supply chains have more to worry about than toilet paper, but how did this happen in the first place?
Companies that choose a "boring" operational focus over "growth at all costs" will always fare better during hard times.
Quantity matters for turning data into value, but what supply managers must understand, both practically and philosophically, is that quality matters even more.