Fortunately in my case we're largely doing component-level sourcing instead of assembly-level sourcing, and I'm probably over fussy about qualifying a new part. Plus the vendors tend to be over-fussy about change management so the risk is rather low, at least I hope so.
But your point is exactly right. There is a lot of "what can we do to get this out the door" going on right now. And it isn't just your immediate vendor you have to worry about. On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 10:20 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what concerns me. Companies like packetflux deliver topnotch gear > at affordable prices. They stand behind their product. > > So forrest may bring in 10 units to verify, then order months or years > worth of component. Somewhere up the chain though one of the components > components gets a shortcut to meet demand. > > Something like the time chucks surge suppresors didnt get the flux washed > off the ethernet pins (note, ever since that, whenever I plug in an rj45 I > work it in and out 3 or 4 times,so the snafu created outward quality > checks) chuck stood by it, I think changed a vendor or brought the process > in house. > > But that didnt change the fact that there was end user failure that was > not directly due to the manufacturers lack of due diligence. An upstream in > the chain cut a corner. > > I'm dreading the consumer electronics hitting the market this holiday > season. I forsee a ton of weird shit hitting support that boils down to > supply chain component changes on the fly. > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021, 10:19 PM Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm sorry to hear this Forest. >> >> I wanted to send you some words of encouragement though. Your products >> and the solutions they provide are EXTREMELY valuable to not just my >> business but our whole industry. There is a slew of stuff your products >> accomplish for us that would honestly take a fraken-monster to replicate. >> >> I know it's tough going and there's not really an end in sight with these >> supply chain issues, not just for you but for America and the world. >> Unfortunately we've off-shored most of our manufacturing and that won't >> come back home quick. With all the weird things we've had to deal with the >> last couple years, I have to keep telling myself "This too shall pass". >> >> *But please please please keep doing what you are doing!!!! You are a >> true hero of the WISP world who makes products we all need!!!* >> >> Please let us know if there's any way we can help. >> >> *Sean Heskett* >> >> *ZIRKEL * >> *Internet • WiFi • Phone • TV* >> 970-871-8500 x100 - Office >> Website <http://www.zirkel.us/> | Facebook >> <https://www.facebook.com/ZIRKEL/> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 4:06 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm getting really tired of dealing with supply chain issues. Like >>> burnt out, don't want to do this anymore, I've had enough tired. >>> >>> Just the things I'm dealing with today: >>> >>> The last few days, all of my spare time has been related to reviewing >>> options to replace a part which has become unobtainum. Like as in, >>> manufacturer has moved from a long lead time to 'don't bother asking'. >>> This seems to happen on a recurring basis now (with different parts) - >>> versus pre-covid it was maybe once every year or two (since I'm careful to >>> select parts to avoid this issue). I've had one part I've had to switch >>> vendors on like 6 times now. >>> >>> And it's not just parts, my enclosure manufacturer for the rackinjectors >>> sent us this gem today: >>> >>> "We had the enclosures ready for pickup since last week, but our road is >>> under maintenance and the whole street got ripped off. My forklift is not >>> able to get off from our driveway to the road because the step is very >>> steep. I heard the city will start paving tomorrow. Hopefully we can load >>> the pallet by Wednesday." >>> >>> Can we please go back to the way it was in 2019 sometime soon? >>> >>> -- >>> - Forrest >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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