A vendor delay threatens a key milestone. Give a stakeholder update with impact, mitigation, and owner.

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I would be transparent and practical. For example: The vendor delivery is delayed by five business days, which puts the testing milestone at risk. The mitigation is to start internal test preparation now, use available sample data, and confirm the revised vendor date by tomorrow. I own the vendor escalation, and the QA lead owns test readiness. I will update the group again by Thursday.