I have heard that electricians may soon have difficulty getting things like switches and other electric components. This potentially could delay house builds.

mattwnz:

 

I have heard that electricians may soon have difficulty getting things like switches and other electric components. This potentially could delay house builds.

 

Schneider (owners/manufacturer of PDL and Clipsal)  said they had 80% capacity back at their Chinese factories on 20 Feb, 

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/schneider-electric-to-take-a-300-million-euro-hit-from-coronavirus-2020-02-20

So it shouldn't be too bad... fingers crossed . (although ports might be a bit snarled up too)

Yeah, our suppliers are low/out of stock on some items. 

We're waiting on Cisco servers, delayed due to covid-19

Hi-vis vests -- kiwifruit industry is firing up, they are missing safety clothing.

OSH may have to let-up on some of their safety rules. 

Theres been an issue getting servers since late Dec : world wide shortage on server components
Must have been a Nov/Dec rush as SBS2008/11 went unsupported in Jan :-)
I had to panic buy 2 servers late Feb (1 weeks notice from client) , a real headache finding something suitable in stock in NZ

Covid will only make that worse

wellygary:

 

mattwnz:

 

I have heard that electricians may soon have difficulty getting things like switches and other electric components. This potentially could delay house builds.

 

 

Schneider (owners/manufacturer of PDL and Clipsal)  said they had 80% capacity back at their Chinese factories on 20 Feb, 

 

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/schneider-electric-to-take-a-300-million-euro-hit-from-coronavirus-2020-02-20

 

So it shouldn't be too bad... fingers crossed . (although ports might be a bit snarled up too)

 

I thought PDL stuff was made in NZ?

CokemonZ: We work with a bunch of American customers. There are 3 month delays (at the moment) for networking equipment in some projects.

Crazy huh?

Received an email from PB commercial yesterday advising on stock delays across a lot of categories

Lean Manufacturing requires everyone to sing from the same hymn sheet, but if an important aspect of the supply chain falls over, everything grind to a halt.

Having said that, components supply issues have been around for over a year, with Intel in particular has been on my radar.

https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21808887/intel-to-outsource-production-to-help-curb-chip-shortage 

nztim:

 

I thought PDL stuff was made in NZ?

 

Closed in 2018

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/102103490/schneider-electric-makes-50-people-redundant-closing-christchurch-factory

Dynamic:

 

Lean Manufacturing requires everyone to sing from the same hymn sheet, but if an important aspect of the supply chain falls over, everything grind to a halt.

 

You would have thought they might have learnt some lessons from the Thailand Floods and Japan Tsunami about supply chains,

But I guess the driving factor is $$$ and holding stock is a cost...

wellygary:

 

nztim:

 

I thought PDL stuff was made in NZ?

 

 

Closed in 2018

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/102103490/schneider-electric-makes-50-people-redundant-closing-christchurch-factory

 

WOW! Completely missed that