Employer 75	Production shutdown, demand/supply planning, logistics network.
Employer 76	I work for an Automobile OEM in the purchasing department. We drastically changed our strategy from sourcing components out of “low-cost countries” to more localized sites in the US and Mexico. Tons of restructuring funds have been approved to help develop mfg locations more locally.
Employer 77	Suppliers being able to deliver due to the capacity and labor issues. With different states doing a varying degree of lockdowns, certain suppliers cannot meet requirements, therefore, not everything is readily available.
Employer 78	Sourcing and Transportation.
Employer 79	Inbound containers with longer lead times and supply shortage due to over sea shutdowns.
Employer 80	International shipments and suppliers shutting down temporarily or permanently.
Employer 81	Part shortages, production timeline delays, manufacturing delays, increased transportation costs.
Employer 82	For an airline, mostly from a cost reduction perspective, working with suppliers to cancel purchase orders for materials no longer required to accelerated fleet retirement as well as other cost reduction initiatives such as payment deferrals and price reduction asks. Suppliers are also having cash flow issues, reducing the amount of inventory being held, which drives up lead times.
Employer 83	Inbound supply chain; suppliers have been having capacity issues due to closure and reduced labor pools. Transportation costs have gone up. Operations have slowed, especially for flexible manufacturing environments that rely on temps. People don’t want to work if their unemployment is higher than their wages.
Employer 84	Our logistics freight costs have gone up because of Covid-19. We have capacity issues and finding drivers to get behind the truck because of furloughs, unemployment, and the Congress stimulus adds even more complexity. It has been rough on the transportation side of the business.
Employer 85	Customer interactions and PPE requirements.
Employer 86	basic components manufacturers and tier 1 assembly.
Employer 87	Some deliveries from our suppliers early in the pandemic.
Employer 88	USA, Hard to keep employees coming in and balancing safety precautions. Large impact on the timelines for major business process changes. Huge swings in demand from industrial customers. Purchasing, Financing constraints internally and pressure from vendors. Impact to lead times due to shutdowns. Production, Labor shortages/struggle to retain talent. Distribution, Impacts to determining were to store product to be closer to end customer. Lots of “Near Shoring” considerations.
Employer 89	Increased lead times.
Employer 90	Reduced shifts at the ports causing congestion which leads to a few days delay in transit time.
Employer 91	International Shipping has been impacted the most. Smaller items that rely on air cargo have been severely limited by the reduction in passenger plane flights within the bellies of which they typically ride. Because of this Container Shipping has been slowed as the demand for containers is higher, and the capacity to load and unload the ships in port has not changed or in some cases decreased.
Employer 92	Operations/production teams at our facilities and suppliers have had to implement social distancing and health monitoring programs. Hourly labor has been harder to come by with some employees opting to stay home. Some sites have reported positive tests also impacting our workforce. Transportation rates have increased.
Employer 93	Product availability, DC capacity, Carrier capacity.
Employer 94	Tier 1 and 2 Suppliers, throughput at the ports.
Employer 95	Outbound shipments; not enough headcount in warehouses. Inbound Shipments. experiencing vendor backlog due to material availability.
Employer 96	1) Delivery delays (products, services, materials). 2) Business Travel has been cut. 3) Production (Manufacturing sector) has declined.