Spain does not get rid of the supply crisis.For months, numerous companies from various sectors warn that the lack of microchips would cause delivery delays.And something that seemed totally distant and difficult to understand has approached the point that toys recommended just over a month ago that it would be good to advance the letter to the Magi.
No sector - by various reasons such as the lack of microchips, bottlenecks in the distribution chain or the prices fired with raw materials - escapes the shortage of products, putting the stock guarantee in the linear lines of stores, centers, centerscommercial or large surfaces.
The supplies crisis began in the last splash last winter when the large semiconductor -producing countries did not supply the demand for demand, causing technology and car companies to slow down the production.This situation has led to a scenario in which bars have difficulty finding gin, clothing brands that cannot make sports garments or telecommunications companies that juggle to ensure terminals in the Christmas campaign.
Stops in car factories and sales fall
One of the sectors most affected by the global supply crisis is automotive, which represents 10% of GDP in Spain.In fact, it was one of the areas where microchips shortage began to be noticed.But in addition to the fall in manufacturing by the strikes applied in factories, the global crisis also has its translation into sales.
According to the director of Communication of Ganvam, Tania Puche, “the enrollments continue in free fall in a context where, basically, there is no supply to meet the demand for the global crisis of the chips.This causes the deliveries of the orders that process the distribution networks to last up to six or eight months on average ”.
Apart from delays, between January and October 2021 706 have been sold.998 units, which represents 33% less than in the same period of 2019."The lack of microchips and the economic crisis continue to wear tourism enrollments, especially in the individual channel, while the sale of high -senior -occasion vehicles is triggered," adds Noemi Navas, director of communication of the employer Anfac.
The stops of car factories begin to have their impact on other associated industries.For example, the plant that the Michelin tire manufacturer has in Valladolid has announced stops in the production of tourism wheels due to the fall in demand.Specifically, the French company will suppress 13 shifts in November and will stop producing between 60.000 and 70.000 wheels.
Although the data has a ‘B’ face.According to data from the National Association of Vehicle Sellers (GANVAM), sales of vehicles over ten years will grow 8% in 2021, until it is 1.174.903 units, concentrating 60% of second -hand market operations and will exceed more than 30% to those of new.
No PlayStation and negotiating to time
With the impossibility of manufacturing companies to assemble their products, Spaniards are already with the difficulty of acquiring a playstation.The most popular console in the market is scarce in the great technology stores in Spain and, according to Hiroki Totoki, Sony financial director, the thing goes for long.
"I don't think demand is calmed this year and even if we ensure many more devices and produce many more PlayStation 5 units next year, our supply could not reach demand," he said recently.Therefore, companies such as El Corte Inglés anticipate a possible stock break by limiting orders.At this time on its website the purchase of video consoles is limited to a unit per order and customer.
The same goes for mobile telephony.At the moment, the big manufacturing firms are silent.When asked about the shortage of products and the possibility of lack of terminals at Christmas prefer not to comment, but Orange, during the presentation of results, already warned that they could not ensure the total sale of smartphones at the end of the year."You have to go week by week because uncertainty and volatility is very high.The situation is changing, ”admitted Diego Martínez, residential market director for Orange Spain.
The lack of paper affects the editorial business
The lack of raw materials worldwide is also affecting the Spanish publishing industry, which is changing plans as it assumes that the situation will not be resolved before Christmas holidays.«At this point no one dares to draw a realistic calendar of releases from here to the end of the year.Some books have postponed to Christmas, others will be passed to the editorial plan next year because paper scarcity is so great that we would not be ableLarge editorial groups are not oblivious to this situation.
In part they attribute the situation, in addition to the lack of raw material, to a significant increase in demand: according to the barometer of reading and purchase habits of books, the percentage of book readers who read at least once a weekIt reached a 57% historical maximum during confinement, and the time dedicated to reading has gone from 6 hours and 55 minutes before confinement, 7 hours and 25 minutes in late 2020, reaching 8 hours and 25 minutes a week.While domiciliary restrictions lasted.In the sector they do not expect the situation to recover until the second semester of 2022, if the fluidity of supplies from Asian countries is restored then.
Alcohol
Ginebra Seagram and Beefeater will be missing, and Vodka Absolut will be missing.The three brands, owned by Pernod Ricard, are suffering distribution problems due to the lack of glass bottles, caps and aluminum, as the company has recognized to El País.From the employer of spirits (Febe) they attribute it to maritime transport problems and demand peaks, the "effect called" that has taken place when restrictions are raised and reopened nightlife.
«The increase and limitation of energy sources, complicated by geopolitical reasons and post-overxit, have seriously stressed international trade and this is having an impact on the entire value chain necessary for the commercialization of spirits, including theProvisioning of bottles, cartons, aluminum and in the raw materials necessary for alcohol distillation ”, remember from the patronal spirits of Spain.
The champagne will be another of the most affected products."It's broken.You will not be able to be given, except for some clients who have any contract already.But there is not, ”explained Manuel Aragonés, of Reyes Grupo, one of the largest distributors in Madrid, to El Español.From the employer, on the other hand, they take weight of concern for Christmas and ensure that they are convinced that there will be no problems, since they bet that the situation will normalize before.
Without being able to get on a bicycle
Cars are not the only means of transport that are being harmed by the lack of supplies.In this case, the confinement factor and the need to do sports after several weeks locked up caused lack of stock in post pandemic stores.
The fact that much of the population changed habits and abandoned public transport for fear of infection triggered bicycle sales.For example, Orbea sold 200% during the past year, but ran into the logistics crisis and finding a two -wheeled medium is an impossible task.
Fashion: Sizes missing
Retail sector sources also detail that logistics problems begin to affect «great brands such as Primark or Zara«."Consumers are finding stores where some sizes are missing," they indicate.One of the consequences, warns Jacinto Llorca, author of The Retail Code, is that companies consider the relocation of their production from China to the Maghreb, for example.
Wholesale purchases of sports equipment are also suffering stock breaks, as this newspaper has been able to know and orders are arriving late in Spain.
In short, logistics problems derived from an increase in unprecedented demand after a world break by the Coronavirus are having effects on the consumption of all types of products already in Spain.
