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Giant Manufacturing Co (巨大機械) is waiting as long as two years for bicycle parts as unprecedented disruptions and lockdowns roil the global supply chain, putting one of the world’s biggest bike makers at risk of missing out on a demand boom.
“It is a hell of job,” Giant chairperson Bonnie Tu (杜綉珍) said in an interview at the company’s Taichung headquarters.
Some bicycle parts have a lead time of two years and even simple components can take six months, she said. That compares with a normal wait time of one to two months.
The global supply chain has been plagued by chaos
(Bloomberg) Giant Manufacturing Co. is waiting as long as two years for bicycle parts as unprecedented disruptions and lockdowns roil the global supply chain, putting one of the world’s biggest bike makers at risk of missing out on a demand boom.
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