Unfortunately, the supply chain issues plaguing technology, and other, industries did not abate over the summer...in fact they only worsened.
Product shortages continue across the board leading to the following issues:
- Lead-times on many brands continue to be pushed out.
- Manufacturers have poor visibility on the physical locations of their inbound (and outbound!) shipments.
- Cost increases continue for all manner of products, both in the form of vendor price increases and various freight surcharges.
Lead-times are now reaching into next year for many key brands, and some have shared that they will continue to be constrained through all of 2022.
LightWerks is employing a number of strategies to provide the best possible availability to our clients, but we need your help in two ways:
- Please do your planning and make your buying decisions sooner than usual so you can get your orders placed as soon as possible, and
- Please continue to share as much information with us as soon as possible, so we can help our vendors respond to your needs.