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I work on an IoT product, and operations is already talking about potential production delays because of this. There's already a global plastic shortage, and t
by skohan 6y ago
I work on an IoT product, and operations is already talking about potential production delays because of this. There's already a global plastic shortage, and this is only going to make things worse.
- hinkley 6y agoThe silver lining there is that more companies should be able to absorb a double delivery when three weeks of goods all show up at once. Most businesses can’t just skip a week and then process twice as much raw goods to catch up.
- oasisbob 6y ago> There's already a global plastic shortage Whoa, bad time to be in IoT then, since they're pretty much entirely plastic and a few (also probably short) components! https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/plastic-scrap-demand-pricing-strong-march-buying-period/ https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/plastic-scrap-demand-... https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2021/03/10/10615779/insight-shortage-fuelled-switch-from-virgin-to-recycled-polyolefins-could-prove-permanent-for-some-grades https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2021/03/10/10615...