Supply chain disruptions have become a fact of life across all industries. The bad news is that they aren’t going away anytime soon. The good news is that there are ways to mitigate the problem.
By Robert Isler
What’s keeping K&B execs up at night? Increasingly, it’s the supply chain.
In each of the quarterly NKBA/John Burns Kitchen & Bath Market Index (KBMI) surveys, there is a question devoted to top industry challenges and concerns. Members assign a score for each, with 10 being the highest possible concern for each of a dozen or more industry challenges listed. Disruption in the supply chain is by far the #1 concern — and it has been for quite some time. In the Q3 2020 report, supply chain disruptions rose to the top of the list for the first time, and has remained #1 ever since. To underscore the issue, the level of concern keeps growing. In that Q3 report last year, it stood at a 7.2. In the latest release — Q2 of 2021 — it is a worrisome 8.4.
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