Supply chain woes wreaking havoc on local manufacturers

Inability to get parts as needed causing issues from the front line to the bottom line

  • Taylor Lemburg prepares a circuit board assembly for encapsulation at International Sensor System’s plant in the Aurora Industrial Park. Getting parts on time, consistently, has become a supply chain challenge for ISSI and other local manufacturing companies.
    Taylor Lemburg prepares a circuit board assembly for encapsulation at International Sensor System’s plant in the Aurora Industrial Park. Getting parts on time, consistently, has become a supply chain challenge for ISSI and other local manufacturing companies.

    Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles focused on supply chain shortages and delays and how they are impacting local business and industry. This report highlights feedback from Aurora-based manufacturing companies.

    While consumers have begun noticing delays and increased prices linked to supply chain economics, local manufacturers say the inability to get raw materials when they n…