You have to wait a couple of days for your truck. I've been waiting 6 months for parts. I'd LOVE to hear a "few days away" response.
Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 12:58 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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