Sourcing Black Friday
July 4, 2008 – Today was “Black Friday” for us. We were expecting deliveries from six different suppliers for an event we are doing tomorrow. All six deliveries had issues. One delivery (from the States actually) did not come because although I FedEx’ed it, customs is holding it for inspection. Another delivery will apparently arrive at my apartment tomorrow morning between 3 am and 5 am. That will be fun. The root of the problem is that we requested most of our suppliers to rush the jobs. However, in one case, we ordered multiple samples from a single supplier that were incorrect. Their inability to match colors left limited time for the supplier to get the approved sample into production. It turns out that they are using a Pantone color book from 1998.
