Yeah, we typically tell people that it depends on exactly when and what you
order, but it ranges from plenty in stock to around 30 days out.   Our
oldest unfilled order typically ranges through that same range - For
instance, right now we're down to 10 days old for the oldest one except one
order which needs a lot of a product we don't sell a lot of so we had to
order some stuff to make.

I also have 6 months of most of our raw materials on the shelf, and 12
months for most things that are single-source.  There are always a few
things that cause a bit of paranoia when I can't get parts as promptly as I
would like.   Or at all in a couple cases (i.e. products were just
discontinued with little notice).


On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 4:53 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> From ordering perspective, packetflux is one we tend to not worry too much
> about since whenever we need stuff it tends to be in stock so we only order
> near project or when a project is approved. We arent a heavy operator
> though, our biggest order is normally along the lines of half a dozen
> syninjectors and syncpipe. Though we are about out of that stuff.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 1:11 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) <
> li...@packetflux.com> wrote:
>
>> So the sales at packetflux have been very much more volatile this year.
>>   Like we'll go fairly long stretches with few sales, then a blast of
>> orders will come through.   On average we're doing pretty much as expected
>> but on the short term it swings from "how are we ever going to make all of
>> this stuff" to "I hope the orders pick back up since we don't have any more
>> room to store stock".   Like I said, we're doing fine on average, it's just
>> that I'm curious what is driving this odd ordering pattern
>>
>> I have talked to a couple of customers and it seems like this might be a
>> side effect of the way WISPs order stuff nowadays, and also shortages from
>> other (radio) vendors.   For instance, I would expect that if a WISP can't
>> get radios for their towers they also aren't going to be ordering PoE
>> injectors for the nonexistent radios.   I also know that a lot of people
>> have moved to "order several months at once" instead of "order as you go".
>>
>> So I'm curious what everyone is seeing or doing from the WISP viewpoint.
>>
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