Supply chain affecting anyone?


Just found out from my dealer that my Sonus Faber speakers won’t deliver until early January (ordered in early October). For reference, he says it normally takes 2-3 weeks. 
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I am a management consultant focused in supply chain and operations.  I've had a lot less time to spend at home listening to tunes since last fall!

I decided to upgrade and ordered some units from Moon by Simaudio (in Canada) and was surprised they quoted 1 week lead-time.  I expected some challenges because there's a bunch of factors impacting many companies

  • labor/driver shortages
  • container shortages
  • backup on the ports
  • commodity shortages/inflation
  • crop shortages/inflation
Humans are flexible and there will be adaption.  And the golden rule applies - he who has the gold can make the rules.  I expect the supply chain issues to last at least until next spring/summer.

I don't know if there will be a reset in power from owners and equity holders to workers; I expect changes based on cost and lead-time.

Demand patterns have changed and companies not increasing the planning frequency could have disastrous consequences
Global supply chains disrupted by initial demand drop then local policies on social distancing. The ‘restart’ was anything but coordinated resulting in supply chains being out of phase for many reasons including labor availability, cash flow and logistics resources. 
Certainly an opportunity to reevaluate supply chain resilience and the relationship between cost and value.