[Verse 1]
Factory floors once hummed with three suppliers strong
Now Johnson's closed, Martinez moved along
Left with Peterson's warehouse, standing all alone
Single thread of lifeline, carved in silicon stone
Contract says five thousand units by July
But sole survivor's maxed at half that supply
[Chorus]
Single source bottleneck blues
When choices vanish, chaos ensues
Sole-Source-Single-Point-of-Failure
One hiccup makes your timeline trailer
Surge capacity nowhere to be found
Single source bottleneck brings you down
[Verse 2]
Silicon Valley trembled when the earthquake hit
Ninety percent of microchips from that one pit
Geographic clustering seemed so efficient then
Till Mother Nature reminded us of "what if" and "when"
Obsolescence creeping through the product line
No backup vendor waiting in the pipeline
[Chorus]
Single source bottleneck blues
When choices vanish, chaos ensues
Sole-Source-Single-Point-of-Failure
One hiccup makes your timeline trailer
Surge capacity nowhere to be found
Single source bottleneck brings you down
[Bridge]
Diversify the ecosystem
Split the risk across the spectrum
Qualify alternate vendors now
Before the crisis shows you how
Throughput mapping, capacity planning
Risk assessment, supplier scanning
[Verse 3]
Market cornered by monopoly's tight grip
Price inflation on that critical chip
Industrial base eroding year by year
Dependencies we never engineered
Material shortages cascade downstream
Wake up from the single-supplier dream
[Chorus]
Single source bottleneck blues
When choices vanish, chaos ensues
Sole-Source-Single-Point-of-Failure
One hiccup makes your timeline trailer
Surge capacity nowhere to be found
Single source bottleneck brings you down
[Outro]
Redundancy's the remedy
For supply chain dependency
Map your risks before they bloom
Single source spells certain doom