Employer 49 | Transportation. We went from very low demand with 1 load for every 1 truck available to 5 loads for every 1 truck available in a very short time frame (1:1 to 5:1). This caused capacity constraints as well as truckload rates to rise quickly. Another challenge is inaccurate forecasting due to uncertainty in the market. |
Employer 50 | International supply chain related more towards ocean transit times seeing significant increases as well as air freight costs growing in cost. Packaging material has also had challenges, as a lot of materials have been converted for PPE demand as well as increases in E-Commerce demands. |
Employer 51 | Material shortages are very common due to factory shutdowns (supplier side), reduced working hours at some plants due to government restrictions, and border closures on multiple continents. There has been a greater push to have raw materials and supplier produced parts on hand for when COVID puts restrictions on a supplier’s region. Traditionally you want to keep your inventory low, but this has changed. We are producing slower, which has been helpful in reducing our finished goods inventory. |
Employer 52 | Demand has been cut in half. Inventory levels. Global container shortage. Transit time delays. |
Employer 53 | Lead time has been increased; logistics has tightened creating bottle neck. Overall issue is labor force has declined putting stress on manufacturing and logistics. |
Employer 54 | Customer demand and shifting shipping patterns. Different segments of industry have seen drastic increases/decreases in business depending on what sector they operate in. This has made long term and short-term planning and forecasting incredibly difficult on all fronts. (Work for a very large logistics/transportation company including final mile ...). |
Employer 55 | Supply of finished goods, transportation, distribution, construction, etc. E2E. |
Employer 56 | Global supply chains (China) and absenteeism. |
Employer 57 | Longer lead times for domestic films, and longer lead times or lack of availability for PPE and other consumable items. |
Employer 58 | Operations. |
Employer 59 | Global component manufacturing. |
Employer 60 | Supplier manufacturing and delivery. |
Employer 61 | Suppliers manufacturing capacity due to labor shortages. |
Employer 62 | Transactional purchasing (purchasing of “commodity type” items such as gowns and gloves) has been a challenge with international shortages of medical supplies and material used to create PPE. |
Employer 63 | International supply chains especially for raw goods. Expanded timelines or open ended commitment times. |
Employer 64 | Operations due to regional labor shortages. |
Employer 65 | PPE. |
Employer 66 | Initially it was container shortages, but now it has more to do with fruit processing plant closures due to outbreaks. |
Employer 67 | Manufacturing plants. |
Employer 68 | Logistics timing from Mexico to US is taking forever. |
Employer 69 | Logistics on imported goods. Difficult to get imported items in a timely fashion. I work in RVs and surprisingly COVID has caused a large spike in demand for the RV industry. |
Employer 70 | Transportation segment. Having employees physically load trailers and drivers to move trailers from point a to point b. |
Employer 71 | All the segments of our business have been affected since we sell oil and not too many people are travelling (Airplanes, cars etc.). |
Employer 72 | Warehousing, material handling, and transportation. |
Employer 73 | Labor workforce and Supplier manufacturing capacity (also due to labor workforce). |
Employer 74 | Supply has been biggest issues. COVID has caused rolling disruptions throughout China, Europe, Mexico, and the United States. With COVID, not as many people are going into work, this has caused our suppliers to not ship parts at contracted levels, in a time where demand for our products is rising above normal levels. |