Supplies Running Out?

RustyRatRod said

I wonder if this is happening anywhere else? Went to the Oreilly where i used to work. Manger dillhole was tellin me the distribution center in Atlanta normally has about a 75 million dollar inventory......which I already knew since I was assistant dillhole. He says now they are down to about 7 million dollars in inventory, because vendors have shut down and parts are not being made. Hell, the stores only keep about 2 million in inventory. We're talkin swift moving parts, like spark plugs, oil filters, air filters ans regular maintenance items. Went to the local Advance and they said the same thing. This is gettin stupid. Anybody else hearing this?

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This past week I spoke with one of my co workers from back in my working days. I worked for one of the US manufacturers of class 8 and medium duty trucks, busses and Diesel engines. I asked how many COVID 19 Related down days have occurred at the vehicle assembly plants. His reply was the total lost time was in hours,, not days and impact to vehicle production has been minimal. He said that does not mean that there have been no part shortages but it means that to date they have been successful in working with suppliers and developing new sources as supply issues have occurred.
I know that from my personal experience I have found everything that I have needed to continue my car hobby project and I have bought from: Napa, AZ, RockAuto, Summit and Amazon. I have not had one occurrence where a part or component that I was needing and was available per CV 19 was not available now. Although I do believe that part prices have increased. About the only thing that has had a lasting price decrease since CV 19 hit is gasoline.