RE: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
And just to prove it here's what I got on an order we placed about a week ago... Medium Large Business Order Status Sorry for the Delay Dell Purchase ID: 20029 Customer Number: 42xx Dear Customer, We wanted to let you know that there is a delay with one or more items in your order. Based on the latest available information, we have adjusted the Estimated Delivery Date and are confident your order will be delivered on or before 11/9/2011 We are sorry for the delay and appreciate your patience. Revised Estimated Delivery Date Order NumberProduct Description (click here for full order details) Revised Estimated Delivery Date 82671 PE R710 with Chassis for Up to 4, 3.5-Inch Hard Drives 11/9/2011 This email shows a specific item within your purchase that has been delayed. If you ordered multiple items, they may ship separately and at different times. Strangely enough the SSD drives I had to order separately are supposed to be here today - go figure! John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. I saw noise in the tech news that some suppliers might be having issues due to the natural disasters over there. And some suppliers prolly will. But other suppliers also exist. These kind of things are hard to predict. But it's also Dell's end-of-quarter right now. Like most companies that gauge quarterly sales, Dell will flat out lie to make a sell at EoQ. So you can't trust them on this. On the third hand, Dell is very big on just-in-time supply chain and manufacturing, so minor fluctuations in their supply chain can have a big impact. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
AFAIK, the factories in Thailand that are affected by flooding aren't producing SSD. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:01, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: And just to prove it here's what I got on an order we placed about a week ago... Medium Large Business Order Status Sorry for the Delay Dell Purchase ID: 20029 Customer Number: 42xx Dear Customer, We wanted to let you know that there is a delay with one or more items in your order. Based on the latest available information, we have adjusted the Estimated Delivery Date and are confident your order will be delivered on or before 11/9/2011 We are sorry for the delay and appreciate your patience. Revised Estimated Delivery Date Order Number Product Description (click here for full order details) Revised Estimated Delivery Date 82671 PE R710 with Chassis for Up to 4, 3.5-Inch Hard Drives 11/9/2011 This email shows a specific item within your purchase that has been delayed. If you ordered multiple items, they may ship separately and at different times. Strangely enough the SSD drives I had to order separately are supposed to be here today - go figure! John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. I saw noise in the tech news that some suppliers might be having issues due to the natural disasters over there. And some suppliers prolly will. But other suppliers also exist. These kind of things are hard to predict. But it's also Dell's end-of-quarter right now. Like most companies that gauge quarterly sales, Dell will flat out lie to make a sell at EoQ. So you can't trust them on this. On the third hand, Dell is very big on just-in-time supply chain and manufacturing, so minor fluctuations in their supply chain can have a big impact. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
Yes, that's apparent as I just received the hard drives, it's the server chassis that are going to be a little late. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? AFAIK, the factories in Thailand that are affected by flooding aren't producing SSD. On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:01, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: And just to prove it here's what I got on an order we placed about a week ago... Medium Large Business Order Status Sorry for the Delay Dell Purchase ID: 20029 Customer Number: 42xx Dear Customer, We wanted to let you know that there is a delay with one or more items in your order. Based on the latest available information, we have adjusted the Estimated Delivery Date and are confident your order will be delivered on or before 11/9/2011 We are sorry for the delay and appreciate your patience. Revised Estimated Delivery Date Order NumberProduct Description (click here for full order details) Revised Estimated Delivery Date 82671 PE R710 with Chassis for Up to 4, 3.5-Inch Hard Drives 11/9/2011 This email shows a specific item within your purchase that has been delayed. If you ordered multiple items, they may ship separately and at different times. Strangely enough the SSD drives I had to order separately are supposed to be here today - go figure! John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 5:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. I saw noise in the tech news that some suppliers might be having issues due to the natural disasters over there. And some suppliers prolly will. But other suppliers also exist. These kind of things are hard to predict. But it's also Dell's end-of-quarter right now. Like most companies that gauge quarterly sales, Dell will flat out lie to make a sell at EoQ. So you can't trust them on this. On the third hand, Dell is very big on just-in-time supply chain and manufacturing, so minor fluctuations in their supply chain can have a big impact. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity
Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:01 AM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: And just to prove it here's what I got on an order we placed about a week ago... Based on the latest available information, we have adjusted the Estimated Delivery Date and are confident your order will be delivered on or before 11/9/2011 3 weeks isn't too bad. Prolly 20% of our Dell orders end up taking that long for one reason or another already. Yay JIT. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
I'm seeing it from my CDW rep as well. I'm sure it will affect PC orders soon, just in time for Christmas. On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. We have an urgent matter and want to ensure I’ve sent this message to all my clients and addressed the current situation to plan accordingly for your projects. If you have any orders that need to be deployed within the next month. Please get those orders in ASAP to ensure we can try to meet the deadline for deployment. There’s currently an issue with our suppliers due to the floods in Thailand on HD’s ETC. This is vendor agnostic across the globe and only have a limited supply of Drives, before we start seeing very long lead times on builds and equipment shipping, Suppliers are also stating their will be an increase in price due to supply constraints, below is a link about the supplier issues currently taking place at this time. If you have any questions regarding this, please let me know. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/thai-flooding-impact-tech-companies-suppliers-14821252 -BenN ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Thank you, Mike Sullivan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. I saw noise in the tech news that some suppliers might be having issues due to the natural disasters over there. And some suppliers prolly will. But other suppliers also exist. These kind of things are hard to predict. But it's also Dell's end-of-quarter right now. Like most companies that gauge quarterly sales, Dell will flat out lie to make a sell at EoQ. So you can't trust them on this. On the third hand, Dell is very big on just-in-time supply chain and manufacturing, so minor fluctuations in their supply chain can have a big impact. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
That's the joy of just-in-time supplies. Large inventories are mostly a thing of the past... * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. We have an urgent matter and want to ensure I’ve sent this message to all my clients and addressed the current situation to plan accordingly for your projects. If you have any orders that need to be deployed within the next month. Please get those orders in ASAP to ensure we can try to meet the deadline for deployment. There’s currently an issue with our suppliers due to the floods in Thailand on HD’s ETC. This is vendor agnostic across the globe and only have a limited supply of Drives, before we start seeing very long lead times on builds and equipment shipping, Suppliers are also stating their will be an increase in price due to supply constraints, below is a link about the supplier issues currently taking place at this time. If you have any questions regarding this, please let me know. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/thai-flooding-impact-tech-companies-suppliers-14821252 -BenN ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
Everything doubles in the UK in about six months. My energy bill is now well over 1500 quid a year. Good job I just got a new contract with a substantial pay rise :-) Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -Original Message- From: Mike Hoffman m...@drumbrae.net Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:00:11 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: RE: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? We've seen stocks almost vanish in the UK and where there is existing stock the prices have doubled. Mike Sent from my Windows Phone From: Ben Scott Sent: 27/10/2011 22:25 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. I saw noise in the tech news that some suppliers might be having issues due to the natural disasters over there. And some suppliers prolly will. But other suppliers also exist. These kind of things are hard to predict. But it's also Dell's end-of-quarter right now. Like most companies that gauge quarterly sales, Dell will flat out lie to make a sell at EoQ. So you can't trust them on this. On the third hand, Dell is very big on just-in-time supply chain and manufacturing, so minor fluctuations in their supply chain can have a big impact. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
I am sure Dell documented the risk with JIT and have the appropriate solutions in place, or did they take a page from Boeing's book? From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors? That's the joy of just-in-time supplies. Large inventories are mostly a thing of the past... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market. On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ben N bennordlan...@gmail.com wrote: I just got this from my Dell Rep. Makes me wonder sometimes if they just want me to hurry up and order things i have coming up or if this is a real concern for future orders. We have an urgent matter and want to ensure I've sent this message to all my clients and addressed the current situation to plan accordingly for your projects. If you have any orders that need to be deployed within the next month. Please get those orders in ASAP to ensure we can try to meet the deadline for deployment. There's currently an issue with our suppliers due to the floods in Thailand on HD's ETC. This is vendor agnostic across the globe and only have a limited supply of Drives, before we start seeing very long lead times on builds and equipment shipping, Suppliers are also stating their will be an increase in price due to supply constraints, below is a link about the supplier issues currently taking place at this time. If you have any questions regarding this, please let me know. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/thai-flooding-impact-tech-compani es-suppliers-14821252 -BenN ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Could be some huge delays on hardware orders across all vendors?
On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: I am sure Dell documented the risk with JIT and have the appropriate solutions in place ... BWAHAHAHAHAHAA... Thanks, I needed a good laugh. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
