Take a position either for or against the following statement: To prepare for disasters, you should stockpile inventory, other critical supplies, and raw materials.

To answer question one: provide response from a supply chain perspective, consider inventory costs and how to justify the cost. What type of inventory to stockpile, work in process, Raw materials, finished goods, what type of material, what lifespan. What is the EOQ to stockpile? Disaster timing etc. Please be detailed.