Specialty Fabrics Review March 2022 - 46

[ MARKETS ] INDUSTRY IN FOCUS
 Fabric that used to come
within a few days now takes
months, says Cindy Thompson,
president of Transformit,
Inc. " There are sometimes
alternatives that can save time,
but we go through a lot of anxiety
about patterns and stuff because
we can't get our usual fabrics. "
Photo: Transformit.
" Kind of a
frightening
world out there "
Supply chain issues
continue to confound
the industry.
by Jeff Moravec
W
HEN TIM COOK WAS NAMED TO REPLACE STEVE
Jobs at the helm of Apple Inc. a decade ago, his ascension
was largely attributed to his skill at managing the
company's supply chain-even though most people outside the
business world at that time were fuzzy about just what a supply
chain was.
But Apple knew how important a well-managed supply chain was
then, and today there are few Americans who haven't learned what
it means-in large part because in the COVID era, it has meant
that the new sofa they want is going to take nine months to deliver
instead of two weeks, or that the new car they want has skyrocketed
in price.
There are few goods being produced for either commercial or
consumer use that have not been hit by disruptions in the supply
chain, and that includes in the fabric business.
" It's kind of a frightening world out there, " says Cindy
Thompson, founder and president of Transformit, Inc., a design/
build studio in Gorham, Me.
Read more about
supply chain problems and solutions at:
https://specialtyfabricsreview.com/2022/02/04/
manage-customers-supply-chain/
Supply and staffing issues go hand in hand
The irony of the situation, according to many fabricators, is that
business is good, in some cases surprisingly so given the early
apocalyptic predictions of the COVID landscape. But the difficulty
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