The Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology
(MAIT), the apex body actively representing entire IT Hardware
ecosystem for India, requested the industry and consumers for
support and patience caused due to severe shortage of IT hardware
products. This is due to unprecedented rains and floods in
Thailand, which has severely disrupted the global supply chain for
many key components in the IT Hardware industry.
Many IT component manufacturers are based in Thailand. In the
flooding the Computer Hard-disk manufacturing got the maximum
impact as manufacturing plants of all four large players are
located in the flooded area.
Dr Alok Bharadwaj, President – MAIT, said, “The
situation in Thailand is directly affecting the Computer Hard disk
manufacturing as it has impacted all four large manufacturers. As
per initial estimates the impact is 40 percent of worldwide demand.
This has caused tremendous supply shortage for laptops and
desktops. The immediate impact is being felt for bulk supplies to
Government bodies like Elcot and DGS&D.MAIT is keeping all
State Govt and Central Government ministries informed. Meanwhile
all laptop & desktop companies operating in India are reaching
out to customers to request their patience.”
Overall challenges to the global IT/Electronics industry following
the Thailand calamity are likely to tell on the prices of the
components. Manufacturers are also not able to commit deliveries,
in spite of price increase, which in turn is bound to have a
cascading effect.
Dr Bharadwaj added, “We are appealing to the Government and
consumers to allow longer delivery period to combat the sudden
shrinkage in the supply situation. Suppliers are making all efforts
to divert stocks to India to cater to few large orders but it takes
time. They should be spared of penalties or strictures on delays
caused by the devastation as this is an act of God. The global
price increase due to the shortage are not being
passed on to Indian consumers as of now.
The impact of this shortage is also being felt on few other IT
peripherals too”.
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