The July 2021 survey provided data to quantify the reports of semiconductor shortages, revealing delays ranging from two weeks to more than one year. Competing with tech companies and automakers for the chips, the respondents reported delays, reduced order quantities, order cancellations and substitutions.
Deloitte’s follow-up survey found that “medtech manufacturers had grown more pessimistic,” with many respondents reporting that “their inventory has since been depleted.”
