Manager: This company' s supply chain will develop significant weaknesses unless we make changes to our vendor contracts now. Some will argue that this problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it today. But that is an irresponsible approach. Just imagine if a financial planner offered the same counsel to a 30-year-old client: Don' t worry, Jane, retirement is 35 years away; you don' t need to save anything now.  That planner would be guilty of gross malpractice.
The overall conclusion drawn in the manager's argument is that some people argue that the supply-chain problem is so far in the future that there is no need to address it now.