It’s not another company… it’s just us.
I appreciate the problem and I wish we could do better! As you might imagine, there’s compounding challenges right now:
- Our operations team has been working incredible hours to try and keep our factory going. This has required herculean efforts and many late nights. This started early in the year as the virus hit China and has amplified many-fold since then.
- Ear Savers has turned into a massive project that’s consumed operations team resources as well. The operations team are the experts at finding and sourcing material - they just aren’t able to work on Proofgrade as much as we’d like right now.
- There’s a global shortage of acrylic as it’s being used to create barriers in working spaces and other crisis-related activities. Generally our acrylic sizes and colors aren’t being used for that, but many of the plants are producing just thick, clear acrylic for that purpose (and thank goodness they are).
- Suppliers of other materials like wood, leather, and plywood are experiencing their own crises.
I wish I had an optimistic forecast, but it will be a while before we can stabilize production and ensure consistent stock levels.
I’ll move to Everything Else in case folks want to continue discussing there.
–dan