Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi all Ive noticed a lot of suppliers stocks are low or out of stock on Japanese manufactured products. The Japanese work on JIT 'Just in time' and the Quake and Tsunami has taken its toll on manufacturing. Please bear in mind some parts are on back order upto 6-8 weeks at the moment. I had a nightmare last week, I had priced something up for a member and when I came to order it I was told 8 weeks. I didnt want to let the member down as I knew he wanted it sooner so I spent nearly 3 nights contacting suppliers I hadn't dealt with before trying to source one. Finally found what seemed to be the last one in the world but price was a lot higher than I had budgeted for... The important thing is thats he's sorted as it should arrive early next week but just bear in mind that just because the disaster is not on the news anymore it certainy has affected the countries production. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacW Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I know how you feel. My company's been scrabbling around redistributing global stock to try and stretch out the availability while we wait on our factories to wind back up to speed again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 We've been hit big style in the car industry. So many of our ECU's use bespoke parts from Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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