How important are chips to healthcare? It turns out, pretty important. We are starting to hear of lead times increasing significantly for all sorts of chip based equipment. While the article isn't healthcare specific, the situation will not be isolated.
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Broadband providers are seeing delays of more than a year when ordering internet routers, becoming yet another victim of chip shortages choking global supply chains and adding challenges for millions still working from home.
Their supply chains have become a headache because sharp coronavirus manufacturing shutdowns a year ago were exacerbated by a prolonged surge in demand for better home broadband equipment, said Karsten Gewecke, head of European regional business for Zyxel Communications Corp, a Taiwan-based router-maker.
Since January, it’s asked customers to order products a year in advance, he said, because the lead time for components like chips from Broadcom Inc. doubled to a year or more since then. Zyxel is a major supplier of routers, with customers including Norway’s Telenor ASA and Britain’s Zen Internet.
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It turns out that we've dealt with this before. I share from my experience on how we've addressed this before and the mistake you don't want to make.
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