Latest headlines: Christopher Gillespie on finding the positive in 2020, Scott Tiner on the global supply chain, plus news from DPA & more
May 17, 2021 | Volume: 15 | Issue: 9
Happy Monday, AV pros and fans! This week’s newsletter covers two great blogs that give a look at the good and the bad this past year has brought us. Perhaps we can look at the pandemic through two different lenses; this year will leave a heavy impact on our world and the businesses we are in, yet we can try to find the light at the end of the tunnel and be thankful for what we do have.
In “Global Supply Chain Issues,” Scott Tiner discusses ways the pandemic affected the global supply chain from packing tape to lumber. The AV industry did not escape unscathed, and we may see a long-lasting kink in our chain of AV supplies.
On a lighter note, “Finding the Blue Sky in 2020 (And Beyond)” is Christopher Gillespie’s reminder to keep our eyes on the horizon. Yes, COVID-19 challenged and hurt us in ways we’ve never seen, but the adaptions we made will lead us to future innovation. How did your business or favorite companies adjust to the pandemic?
To lighten things up, I get my second vaccine on Thursday and am excited that restrictions are starting to lift — the world is beginning to open up again! Don’t miss new products, industry news and a new case study below. See you next time!
When looking back on last year, the best description that neatly wrapped up our collective experience in a bow was from Leslie Jones on a 2020 recap show on Netflix. Her character said, “I’d say it was a train wreck and a s*&tshow, but that would be unfair to trains and s*&t.” Seriously though, let’s just call it the year of Murphy. Because anything that COULD go wrong … DID! While I am not trying to gloss over the economic and other devastation that was unleashed upon us, I think it’s important (if for nothing other than our sanity) to try to find some blue sky in all this mess.
In a recent blog, Gary Kayye wrote about the current global supply shortage of semiconductors. Unfortunately, my blog is not going to make you feel any better than Gary’s did. Yes, semiconductors are a significant issue, made so by their ubiquitousness. However, there have been a plethora of situations across the world, including COVID, the Suez Canal jam and others that have drastically impacted the supply chain of many commodities.