Supply Chain Toys -- USAGM
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- Supply Chain Toys -- USAGM
- April 15, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Supply Chain Toys TV HEADLINE: Toymaker Struggles With Supply Chain Delays TEASER: Company in US state of California copes with high demand, rising costs and unpredictable schedules PUBLISHED AT: 4/15/22 & TIME) BYLINE: Mike O’Sullivan CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Los Angeles VIDEOGRAPHER: Roy Kim, Mike O’Sullivan PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman, Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRODUCTION)) [[Many businesses rely on fast shipments by sea and land to get the components they need to make and distribute their finished products to customers. But backups at US ports and slowdowns in other modes of shipping have upended the system. VOA’s Mike O'Sullivan reports on how one California toy company is coping.]] ((SHOW WORKERS ASSEMBLY EASTER GIFT BASKETS)) ((NARRATOR)) Hundreds of workers assemble toys and seasonal items, most recently for Easter, using components from China. ((SHOW WORKER GUIDING BOXES ALONG CONVEYOR BELT, VOA SHOT OF PORT, B ROLL OF CHARLIE WOO)) From this factory in Los Angeles, they are shipped to American retailers. The biggest is Walmart. These low-cost products rely on just-in-time shipping through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a process now plagued with delays, says Megatoys CEO Charlie Woo. ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO)) “Sometimes you get all the products arriving except for one item, and you have no idea when that will arrive, and that will hold up the entire production and delivery schedule just because of one piece of component.” ((SHOW FORKLIFT DRIVERS MOVING PALLETS, WOMAN ASSEMBLER, MORE FORKLIFT DRIVERS)) ((NARRATOR)) High consumer demand during the pandemic, a shortage of truckers and a lack of warehouse space have created delays on both ends of the manufacturing process. ((FOR RADIO: Again, Charlie Woo.)) ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO)) “Not only do we have logistics problems for products coming in, components coming into this country, [but] we also have problems shipping the product out from our factory to the different distribution sites.” ((SHOW ASSEMBLERS ON FLOOR OF WAREHOUSE)) ((NARRATOR)) Most troubling, he says, the supply chain is now unpredictable. ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO,)) “If you know it’s a two-week delay or three-week delay, you can compensate [for] it by order[ing] two or three weeks earlier. But the difficulty with this crisis is that some products are delayed two or three weeks. Some products are delayed two or three months.” ((SHOW WOMEN ASSEMBLERS)) ((NARRATOR)) And seasonal items tied to a holiday need to arrive on time. ((FOR RADIO: … the toymaker says.)) ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO)) “We had Christmas products arrive after Christmas the last two seasons already. And we had Valentine’s products arriving in March.” ((SHOW VOA SHOT OF TRUCK ON HIGHWAY)) ((NARRATOR)) Far too late for the Valentine’s Day celebration in mid-February. Shipping for Easter went more smoothly, but high oil prices, ((SHOW AP CLIP OF DESTROYED HOMES IN UKRAINE, VOA SHOTS OF FACTORY ASSEMBLY)) caused in part by Russia’s war in Ukraine, have brought higher shipping costs, creating an extra burden for this and many other industries. Mike O’Sullivan, VOA News, Los Angeles.
- Transcript/Script Supply Chain Toys TV HEADLINE: Toymaker Struggles With Supply Chain Delays TEASER: Company in US state of California copes with high demand, rising costs and unpredictable schedules PUBLISHED AT: 4/15/22 & TIME) BYLINE: Mike O’Sullivan CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Los Angeles VIDEOGRAPHER: Roy Kim, Mike O’Sullivan PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman, Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRODUCTION)) [[Many businesses rely on fast shipments by sea and land to get the components they need to make and distribute their finished products to customers. But backups at US ports and slowdowns in other modes of shipping have upended the system. VOA’s Mike O'Sullivan reports on how one California toy company is coping.]] ((SHOW WORKERS ASSEMBLY EASTER GIFT BASKETS)) ((NARRATOR)) Hundreds of workers assemble toys and seasonal items, most recently for Easter, using components from China. ((SHOW WORKER GUIDING BOXES ALONG CONVEYOR BELT, VOA SHOT OF PORT, B ROLL OF CHARLIE WOO)) From this factory in Los Angeles, they are shipped to American retailers. The biggest is Walmart. These low-cost products rely on just-in-time shipping through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a process now plagued with delays, says Megatoys CEO Charlie Woo. ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO)) “Sometimes you get all the products arriving except for one item, and you have no idea when that will arrive, and that will hold up the entire production and delivery schedule just because of one piece of component.” ((SHOW FORKLIFT DRIVERS MOVING PALLETS, WOMAN ASSEMBLER, MORE FORKLIFT DRIVERS)) ((NARRATOR)) High consumer demand during the pandemic, a shortage of truckers and a lack of warehouse space have created delays on both ends of the manufacturing process. ((FOR RADIO: Again, Charlie Woo.)) ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO)) “Not only do we have logistics problems for products coming in, components coming into this country, [but] we also have problems shipping the product out from our factory to the different distribution sites.” ((SHOW ASSEMBLERS ON FLOOR OF WAREHOUSE)) ((NARRATOR)) Most troubling, he says, the supply chain is now unpredictable. ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO,)) “If you know it’s a two-week delay or three-week delay, you can compensate [for] it by order[ing] two or three weeks earlier. But the difficulty with this crisis is that some products are delayed two or three weeks. Some products are delayed two or three months.” ((SHOW WOMEN ASSEMBLERS)) ((NARRATOR)) And seasonal items tied to a holiday need to arrive on time. ((FOR RADIO: … the toymaker says.)) ((Charlie Woo, Megatoys CEO)) “We had Christmas products arrive after Christmas the last two seasons already. And we had Valentine’s products arriving in March.” ((SHOW VOA SHOT OF TRUCK ON HIGHWAY)) ((NARRATOR)) Far too late for the Valentine’s Day celebration in mid-February. Shipping for Easter went more smoothly, but high oil prices, ((SHOW AP CLIP OF DESTROYED HOMES IN UKRAINE, VOA SHOTS OF FACTORY ASSEMBLY)) caused in part by Russia’s war in Ukraine, have brought higher shipping costs, creating an extra burden for this and many other industries. Mike O’Sullivan, VOA News, Los Angeles.
- NewsML Media Topics Economy, Business and Finance
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date April 15, 2022 16:59 EDT
- Description English Many businesses rely on fast shipments by sea and land to get the components they need to make and distribute their finished products to customers. But backups at US ports and slowdowns in other modes of shipping have upended the system. VOA’s Mike O'Sullivan reports on how one California toy company is coping.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English