Supply Chain Bottlenecks Delaying Assembly and Calibration

$150,000–$400,000 per month in lost throughput from idle assembly/calibration capacity, premium freight and expediting for late or reworked components, write‑offs from penalty clauses and discounts, and excess working capital tied in half‑built machines. • Additional labor, document rework, and premium freight to meet hospital or OEM install dates can cost $5,000–$20,000 per quarter when supply‑driven assembly and calibration delays are frequent. • Delayed machine deliveries and missed installation windows can cause lost or discounted orders, idle technician time, and extra handling; for an active distributor network this can conservatively bleed $30,000–$80,000 per month in lost margin and inefficiency.

Inventory Manager at the distributor manually tracks inbound machines and critical upgrade kits in spreadsheets, chases OEMs and freight forwarders by email/phone, and then updates local assembly and service teams via email and chats about which units can move to calibration or ship. • Inventory Manager keeps a manual ‘critical parts’ board and Excel file, checks supplier portals and emails daily, then phones/WhatsApps vendors and production supervisors to reshuffle which machines are started or completed based on what parts are physically on hand. • Inventory Manager keeps parallel Excel trackers for critical, validated components and their quality status, manually correlating supplier updates, QA holds, and ERP data, then emails or messages production, calibration, and regulatory teams about which machines can proceed.