• SoJB@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I feel like people outside industry don’t appreciate this message as much as intended.

    Industrial switchgears, often part of an electric apparatus that looks like a giant metal box, have lead times measured in years. The supply chain is completely fucked.

    A literal CEO of a $20billion company couldn’t skip the line despite writing them a letter and begging for any price.

    Companies are paying long haul truckers expedited rates to haul a 53 foot trailer with a switchgear inside, and the rest of the trailer completely empty. Just to get it 2-3 days sooner, after their 1 year wait. You cannot operate the facility without it.

    It really is a huge shame when one of them gets damaged.