Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

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  • The US Trucking Crisis of 2021 works fine

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  • The US Logistics Crisis of 2021

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  • The US Transportation Crisis of 2021

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  • The US Supply Chain Crisis of 2021

    Votes: 35 13.1%

  • Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021

    Votes: 206 77.2%
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I promised cope and I have brought it. Plz pardon that this is a bit of overlap with the Biden Megathread.

These two were just plain funny.

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C O P E
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And a tiny bit of seething.
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Update: 2" thick PVC now takes 6 weeks on back order. 2.250" still takes 6 months.

The hobby shop is unable to get certain products from Army Painter (as in they haven't even gotten a tracking number yet.) Also "Next day delivery" now means "two day delivery."

Twice now my meds have been delayed because they had insufficient stock to fill the order.

Also dog food ran low in stores.
 
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FatalTater said:
The American Midwest is due to get a fuckton of snow and ice this week. Is everyone prepared for what that might do to delivery times?
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I'm very well stocked, and my dogs love snow. I'm actually looking forward to it, and I hate snow. My friend was bitching he couldn't get a walmart pickup until the 4th, and that traffic is insane with everyone out panic buying. Stay safe and warm, midwestbros.
 
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I went to Walmart in the American Midwest this afternoon.
It looked the way one might expect it to look, if a huge winter storm was expected immediately after a major holiday but before supply trucks could be unloaded.
Some bare shelves, lots of certain products but few of others. They had the Febreze with 0% perfume that I wanted but were out of Jalapeno Cheetos. Utter chaos I tells ya.

The CVS was in a similar state. Lots of candy but the grooming and makeup aisles were picked over.

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For anyone keeping track of such things - I just remembered that there were no frozen processed potato products at Walmart. No fries, hash browns, tots etc. HOWEVER there were bags of potatoes in the produce section.
 
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Kuritan Deplorable said:
Depends a lot on the reason why they ran out. Big suppliers aren't immune to the California ocean parking lockup that everyone is dealing with right now. If its the factory unable to ship out, then the question is whether its unrelated directly to supply shortages, or if its a shortage of non-raw materials, like they blew up a few machine heads and don't have replacements and those are backed up.

If the shortage is coming from an actual shortage of stock metals for the assembly, the least likely answer, then it would also be the start of something painful, to say the least.

Really, its probably just containers stuck off shore.
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www.bloomberg.com

McConnell Seeks End to Emergency; BMO Offices Back: Virus Update

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said it’s “time for the state of emergency to wind down” after almost two years.
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China has it's own logistical problems to shore up so it's a 2 step lag
Garm said:
Update: 2" thick PVC now takes 6 weeks on back order. 2.250" still takes 6 months.
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I managed to scrounge up enough where I am but needed to go to a few smaller stores to manage it.
 
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FatalTater said:
For anyone keeping track of such things - I just remembered that there were no frozen processed potato products at Walmart. No fries, hash browns, tots etc. HOWEVER there were bags of potatoes in the produce section.
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Bags of potatoes? Like, from the ground? Can you eat them like that?

I'm being sarcastic ofc- but you almost wouldn't know it given that most people's shopping carts seem to be full of nothing but processed pre-packaged foods these days.

Edit for actual content: have been to several Target stores here in Nor Cal and lots of different stuff is out of stock. Cleaning products seem to be effected badly right now, and OTC meds are still thin on the ground.
 
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The massive winter storm rolling through the middle of the country is scheduled to hit here. Everyone is losing their minds and panic buying.

The only thing I needed was more chicken food and I got the last two bags, so that was cool.

Hopefully the storm isn't a nothing burger because I love nothing more than sitting in my home fully prepared for something and seeing what happens to everyone who said, I'll just wing this natural disaster. It'll be fine.'
 
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contradiction of terns said:
The massive winter storm rolling through the middle of the country is scheduled to hit here. Everyone is losing their minds and panic buying.

The only thing I needed was more chicken food and I got the last two bags, so that was cool.

Hopefully the storm isn't a nothing burger because I love nothing more than sitting in my home fully prepared for something and seeing what happens to everyone who said, I'll just wing this natural disaster. It'll be fine.'
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> Chicken feed
> Wing this natural disaster
> Bird name and avatar

:tomgirl: (Chickens are adorable. I hope they have a warm, cozy coop they can cluck at the snow from.)

Content Tax: Power supplies over the 450W mark that are used in 3d printers and other non-PC equipment are MIA. I'm seeing restock estimates of late September on Digikey and the other usual places. Also, on the pure logistics front, I've noticed USPS is largely not even attempting to track packages the last month or two. Stuff will get scanned in, vanish, and not actually update until the final sort and load before it rolls out for delivery. Also, 2 day priority is consistently rocking 4 days lately.
 
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contradiction of terns said:
Hopefully the storm isn't a nothing burger because I love nothing more than sitting in my home fully prepared for something and seeing what happens to everyone who said, I'll just wing this natural disaster. It'll be fine.'
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Storm hit my part of Texas. Tbf, we had the snowpocalypse last year which spooked a majority of the state so people were rushing around panic buying. Surprisingly I was still able to buy milk so that's good for me but I know from coworkers that a lot of stores were picked through heavily over the weekend in anticipation.
 
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SCSI said:
Content Tax: Power supplies over the 450W mark that are used in 3d printers and other non-PC equipment are MIA. I'm seeing restock estimates of late September on Digikey and the other usual places. Also, on the pure logistics front, I've noticed USPS is largely not even attempting to track packages the last month or two. Stuff will get scanned in, vanish, and not actually update until the final sort and load before it rolls out for delivery. Also, 2 day priority is consistently rocking 4 days lately.
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This is why you upgrade to an AC heated bed for a 3d printer. And if you screw it up it also acts as a security measure to keep anyone else from touching it. (Mouser seems to have some MeanWell in stock, but the prices look higher than I remember.)

Oddly, here in my corner of the PNW last mile shipping(UPS/USPS/FedEx) is still nearly perfect. Tracking updates, things arriving on time. Amazon still making odd choices but it usually works(I'm sure the post office loved my huge delivery of boxes for the group I volunteer with since their office isn't staffed.)
 
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