{"id":1020270,"date":"2022-09-20T13:36:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T04:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hanwha-security.com\/?post_type=hws_news_center&p=1020270"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:31:58","slug":"how-hanwha-techwin-has-mitigated-the-effects-of-industry-component-shortages-and-supply-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"hws_news_center","link":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/news-center\/1020270\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Shortage and Supply Chain Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019ve likely seen the news about the supply chain disruptions of the past months. Unfortunately, new IPVM research <\/a><\/span>shows that the current shortages and inflation are worsening \u2014 and won\u2019t let up anytime soon. However, while all manufacturers are experiencing challenges in their supply chains, they are not all equally impacted. Hanwha Techwin is weathering the storm better than others, for a number of reasons, which I\u2019ll outline below.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Looking back<\/h3>\n

How did we get here? Of course, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on production are playing a major role. Lockdowns around the world meant that manufacturing was severely interrupted, while demand for many goods weakened. And, when assembly lines reopened once more, the huge demand for items such as microchips (and more) meant that manufacturers struggled to keep up. To make things worse, shipping containers full of those goods that had been manufactured, sat for weeks at ports as there were insufficient ships to carry them, workers to unload them, or trucks to transport the goods onwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wider challenges<\/h3>\n

There are\u00a0additional reasons<\/a> that are exacerbating the situation, including labour shortages caused by workers switching jobs,\u00a0once in a lifetime weather events that caused disruption, and even a freak incident that saw the Suez canal blocked for a week in March 2021.<\/p>\n

The war in Ukraine has brought additional pressures, and lies behind challenges such as a shortage of everything from wheat and sunflower oil to, most critically for the industry, half of the world\u2019s neon<\/a> (used in making chips).<\/p>\n

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China under lockdown<\/h3>\n

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And while much of the world is beginning to see the return of some form of normality, for many, component shortages and disruptions to supply chains will be a concern for a while still. The reason? Large parts of China including the major<\/p>\n

industrial city of Shenzen have been locked down as recently as March, and many cities remain under strict lockdown as part of an ongoing \u2018zero Covid\u2019 policy. Manufacturers with operations based there are clearly hampered as a result. As a Korean company with manufacturing based in Vietnam, we operate outside of China and therefore haven\u2019t been as impacted as companies operating within the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Oversight and control<\/h3>\n

Although there was a global shortage of electronic components in the pandemic, we were able to adapt our products to account for any missing materials and components and continue product production largely on track. Direct manufacturing also gave Hanwha Techwin more oversight and control of production during the pandemic compared to competitors who were using third parties for production. So we could ensure that our workers could work safely on the factory floor and the production line kept running smoothly. As a result, we are shipping 60-70% more units than we did a year ago!<\/p>\n

Scale = agility<\/h3>\n

For manufacturers, each new challenge has required a new approach \u2014 so the most resilient supply chains belong to manufacturers who can remain highly adaptive as situations unfold. Because of Hanwha Techwin\u2019s scale, we have the benefit of greater agility and our more than 60 year track record of industrial leadership has given us a further perspective than others in the sector. We can buy materials in bulk far in advance, while our internal R&D team can quickly redesign a specific product if needed as a raw material becomes limited.<\/p>\n

Dated components<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s worth noting here that as a result of the pandemic many manufacturers invested large sums in stocking up their components instead of keeping product lines going. While this could be a sound short-term tactic, it doesn\u2019t help in the long run as it leaves manufacturers with increasingly dated technology. As AI in the industry advances, having the latest components will make a significant difference. Superior AI is heavily driven by having newer and more advanced chips that allow onboard AI processing and the \u2018heavy lifting\u2019 required.<\/p>\n

Transport tactics<\/h3>\n

As I have already shown, the pandemic made it challenging to ship products around the world. Shipping routes between Korea and Europe froze up so, to overcome this, we invested more in alternative transport, increasing air transportation and special transportation options (for example, in the U.S. we switched rail transport to trucking). Although this cost us more, it ensured our customers and installers continued to get the products they rely on.<\/p>\n

Leaning on our values<\/h3>\n

When the going gets tough, it is time to help one another get through it. Hanwha is rooted in \u201cChallenge, Dedication, and Integrity\u201d and the spirit of \u201cTrust and Loyalty\u201d is part of everything we do. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve built resilience and agility into our supply chain and production lines, and why I am communicating all of this to you, our customers, partners, and installers. We are dedicated to keeping the world moving \u2014 and that means planning for what we can control and having the adaptability to respond to events we cannot predict.<\/p>\n

written by Uri Guterman, Head of Product and Marketing, Hanwha Techwin Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve likely seen the news about the supply chain disruptions of the past months. Unfortunately, new IPVM research shows that the current shortages and inflation are worsening \u2014 and won\u2019t let up anytime soon. However, while all manufacturers are experiencing challenges in their supply chains, they are not all equally impacted. Hanwha Techwin is weathering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1020347,"template":"","hws_news_center_cat":[18573,218],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hws_news_center\/1020270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hws_news_center"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hws_news_center"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hws_news_center\/1020270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020411,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hws_news_center\/1020270\/revisions\/1020411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hws_news_center_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanwhavision.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hws_news_center_cat?post=1020270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}