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How bad are the supply chain bottlenecks really? Compared to the amount of discussion on the matter they seem pretty minimal outside a couple sectors. I certain

How bad are the supply chain bottlenecks really? Compared to the amount of discussion on the matter they seem pretty minimal outside a couple sectors. I certainly don't see any lack of products being sold at grocery and big box stores. The only exception I see are some hot items like GPUs and game consoles but I don't they the supply chain itself is the constraint but rather the actual silicon. The only significant example I can think of is the car market. If you sold or didn't have a car pre-pandemic then getting one now is going to be expensive both new and used. Then again I have scene dozens of used cars sitting in parking lots (w/o license plates and with old car rental decals) so I'm starting to think there is some scalping going on in that market as well.

Baeocystin 5y ago
About half of the bog-standard IT gear I normally buy is months+ lead time if I need that specific part. I can usually find a workaround, but it's often ugly. Don't look at the man behind the curtain swearing in the racks. I had hoped that by now things would have eased up, but if anything it is worse than the start of the year.
NeutralCrane 5y ago
I went for a flu vaccine at CVS this week and the person giving it to me explained the process would be a bit different because they were using much larger needles than usual. I asked why and they said it was due to supply chain issues. While it effectively didn’t change much for me, it also was easy to see that with a bit more pressure, some pretty critical supplies could simply not be available in sufficient quantities.
starky 5y ago
Raw materials are seeing issues, which is trickling down to nearly everything. Metal costs have gone up >25% from what I've seen, plastics are nearly impossible to get from the large suppliers, etc. Many electronics components are majorly supply constrained right now, is isn't just silicon components, passives also have shortages everywhere.
- randomdata 5y ago
  Cash bids on corn are up ~70% from last year. The production figures do not suggest to me that the supply is constrained on the production side to justify a jump that large. Especially when we're seeing large increases across all kinds of commodities in unison, suggesting there is something else going on. Are people currently holding onto such resources as a hedge against inflation or what may be driving it?
  - yxhuvud 5y ago
    Corn prices could be driven by the shortage of fertilizer for next year.
xenadu02 5y ago
We just bought a house in SF, closed end of July. Furniture of all kinds is backordered... in some cases severely (think 26+ weeks). Daily necessities are doing fine and most products aren't completely unavailable, but prices & lead times are increasing. There's a finite amount of time that can continue though... if companies can't get new delivery trucks or locomotive engines then eventually that will have a significant impact. FWIW some companies have managed things much better. Our new Tesla Model Y was delivered in a bit under three months. Compared to what some auto makers are doing that's a miracle.
theshrike79 5y ago
Getting a basic door for inside your house has a 2 month wait, it used to be 2-3 days. A certain type of adapter (3/4 inch to 1/2 inch) used to attach modern washing machines to older water lines is completely sold out in every store on a 50km range from my house, no-one knows when it'll restock. All other sizes are fine.
- h2odragon 5y ago
  so go from 3/4 to 1in to 1/2 and you're good.
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Baeocystin 5y ago

About half of the bog-standard IT gear I normally buy is months+ lead time if I need that specific part. I can usually find a workaround, but it's often ugly. Don't look at the man behind the curtain swearing in the racks. I had hoped that by now things would have eased up, but if anything it is worse than the start of the year.

NeutralCrane 5y ago

I went for a flu vaccine at CVS this week and the person giving it to me explained the process would be a bit different because they were using much larger needles than usual. I asked why and they said it was due to supply chain issues. While it effectively didn’t change much for me, it also was easy to see that with a bit more pressure, some pretty critical supplies could simply not be available in sufficient quantities.

starky 5y ago

Raw materials are seeing issues, which is trickling down to nearly everything. Metal costs have gone up >25% from what I've seen, plastics are nearly impossible to get from the large suppliers, etc. Many electronics components are majorly supply constrained right now, is isn't just silicon components, passives also have shortages everywhere.

randomdata 5y ago
Cash bids on corn are up ~70% from last year. The production figures do not suggest to me that the supply is constrained on the production side to justify a jump that large. Especially when we're seeing large increases across all kinds of commodities in unison, suggesting there is something else going on. Are people currently holding onto such resources as a hedge against inflation or what may be driving it?
- yxhuvud 5y ago
  Corn prices could be driven by the shortage of fertilizer for next year.

xenadu02 5y ago

We just bought a house in SF, closed end of July. Furniture of all kinds is backordered... in some cases severely (think 26+ weeks). Daily necessities are doing fine and most products aren't completely unavailable, but prices & lead times are increasing. There's a finite amount of time that can continue though... if companies can't get new delivery trucks or locomotive engines then eventually that will have a significant impact. FWIW some companies have managed things much better. Our new Tesla Model Y was delivered in a bit under three months. Compared to what some auto makers are doing that's a miracle.

theshrike79 5y ago

Getting a basic door for inside your house has a 2 month wait, it used to be 2-3 days. A certain type of adapter (3/4 inch to 1/2 inch) used to attach modern washing machines to older water lines is completely sold out in every store on a 50km range from my house, no-one knows when it'll restock. All other sizes are fine.

h2odragon 5y ago
so go from 3/4 to 1in to 1/2 and you're good.

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