COVID19 continues to wreak havoc on supply lines. While vaccination rates are slowly diminishing the lasting impact of the coronavirus, it’s insidious effects persist. Short-staffed businesses that experienced huge reductions in labor during the pandemic, continue to struggle to find able workers that can fulfill orders. Rising costs of building materials have compounded logistical challenges, as well. This in turn has directly played into a container shortage, which has created a nightmare for suppliers who deal in bulk goods. Then there was that little fiasco in the Suez Canal that bottlenecked supplies and finished goods for several days. Needless to say, the world has grounded to a halt on more than one occasion during the past year. Overstressed supply lines have forced project managers to grow increasingly protective of existing inventory, and rightly so. In some cases, it can take weeks to replenish necessary precursor chemicals. Of course, these stringent conditions are being passed onto the consumer. Project managers can safeguard their inventories against supply chain disruptions and maintain current pricing with trusted protection from U.S. Hazmat Rentals.
Our flammable chemical storage lockers can safely protect highly sought after chemicals and materials that are vital to the early stages of the manufacturing process. With such product scarcity, you can guarantee sudden increases in pricing of valuable chemicals. Without question, you will want to protect your inventory under lock and key. By relying on a chemical storage locker to protect valuable chemicals, you can also centralize your inventory, which can lead to better organization and productivity. Manufacturing is now stymied by logistical challenges not seen since the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Global shortages in wood, steel and even semiconductors have resulted in rapid price fluctuations, missed deadlines and millions of unsatisfied customers. Talks of inflation among an economic expansion have made several businesses reel back expansion plans and reconsider dicey investments. Now is the time to eradicate anything that can eat into profit margins and invest in superior steel protection.
Supply chain disruptions can cause desperate business to commit costly mistakes
Almost every industry has been touched by supply shortages. Disruptions in order procurement have resulted in not only missed deadlines, but also the disappearance of favorite traditions, pastimes, and rites of passage. A recent chorine shortage found some pool owners taking some completely unnecessary risks by mixing different chlorinating compounds in an attempt to concoct some homemade pool disinfectants. While these chlorinating products may resemble traditional chlorine pool cleaner, combining these products can result in feeder explosions or the release of poisonous or noxious gases. Fire officials caution all recreational managers and pool owners to properly label pool cleaning supplies to prevent any confusion, which could lead to the mixing of these dangerous products. A U.S. Hazmat Rentals fire-rated storage locker can prevent such mishaps. Unique rollback shelving and metal partitioning allow for the separate, but centralized storage of dangerous chemicals.
It’s not just our summer fun that is being threatened by supply chain disruptions. Constraints on the supplies of raw materials have resulted in an ongoing plastic shortage epidemic. Plastics are a common manufacturing component. They can be found in almost any product that we use. From the smartphones in our pockets to the food packaging of our favorite items in the grocery store, plastics are a vital component of modern living. But like with any endangered product, shortages of the precursor chemicals have led to price increases, supply shortages and even factory shutdowns. Manufacturers that are able to secure polypropylene, monoethylne and polyethylene will want to safeguard these volatile chemicals in a climate controlled flammable storage locker. Centralized placement of these lockers can allow for the easy storage and retrieval of these valuable components. Fire suppression and a standard spill sump containment system will also give peace of mind to already over stressed project managers.
