Like most Indonesian processors, the former management of BGP had relied on buying just-in-time,usually 1-2 weeks’ stocks enough for processing because of high financing costs of holding raw material stocks. Southland had for many years successfully implemented annual seasonal stock management programs – funding and buying up to 3 or more months’ stocks during high availability seasonal months to buffer the low yield seasonal months (“wintering” months, where trees shed leaves for about a month during the hot seasons and latex yields become lowest during the year). This program enables full capacity production throughout the year hence minimizing unit production costs. Also during high production seasons, BGP will have more price-bargaining power and more sources to obtain better yielding and cleaner supplies. Therefore, regulated raw-material buying is one of the key profit-making strategies and operations for Southland Group.