So currently, I'm just sitting in this weird transitory period. So instead of dealing with my problems and just doing things that I can do into small, manageable chunks, I'm waiting for my sofa and also trying to track it down. I am now dependent. I am on LinkedIn, looking at the company employee database to try and figure out where people are located and what their job descriptions are. It seems like the people that they're sourcing the furniture from is based in China basically. I kind of got a little bit more confirmation from this because I was able to find dupes of my sofa on like, wholesale warehousing sites in China. I'm considering maybe messaging some of these people on LinkedIn. I don't think anyone at the company wants to speak to me for my little YouTube video. We'll see, probably nothing. But before we get to that, let's talk about this video's sponsor, Shopify. Shopify offers an easy to use, all-in-one commerce platform for anyone, regardless of technical ability. They help you with the tools to start, grow and manage your business. They let you sell online, in-person, and on all major social media platforms. Shopify support businesses along their entire journey from their first sale all the way to a full scale business. Shopify are committed to giving entrepreneurs the resources that are normally reserved for big business. I mean, in this video, we've talked so much about supply chains and their complexity, and it can be difficult to manage your own supply chain as a small business. That's why Shopify offers a fulfillment network that helps you pick, pack and ship orders, so you can spend more time managing your business. Shopify are committed to breaking down the barriers to entrepreneurship by providing banking for the unbanked and making fast fulfillment affordable. That's why we were so excited to work with Shopify on this video. I mean, the whole reason that we started answer in progress was so that we can make videos and pursue our dreams independently and Shopify helps millions of people do that across the world. You can find out more about Shopify and what they can do for you at URL_TOKEN And now, back to the video. Hello, welcome to a very well adjusted man researchers why his sofa is late, the post-it note presentation. Okay, so here is what I found about my sofa. It's very complicated, and also this is just the tip of the iceberg. So basically there are three different main stages of the supply chain. One is the resources and supplying of the materials. And then there is the production. And then there is the shipping. The company that I actually ordered it from is mainly a shipping company that orders from other suppliers, but also those suppliers have their own supply chains and other logistics that are interacting with the supply chain that the company that I ordered from managers themselves. Okay, so what went wrong? Let's figure it out. Before the unprecedented times, there was an increase in demand because more and more people were getting comfortable with the idea of ordering furniture online. And then the unprecedented times happened, boom. And that caused a lot of different effects on all three of the things. Increased demand also happened because of the work from home that was happening. There needs to be more arrows! The COVID impact a labor shortage because lots of people who couldn't work from home becoming sick, but that did affect my sofa because the labor supply shortage meant that there was less people to do sourcing and materials.
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN But before we get to that, let's talk about this video's sponsor, Shopify. Shopify offers an easy to use, all-in-one commerce platform for anyone, regardless of technical ability. They help you with the tools to start, grow and manage your business. They let you sell online, in-person, and on all major social media platforms. Shopify support businesses along their entire journey from their first sale all the way to a full scale business. Shopify are committed to giving entrepreneurs the resources that are normally reserved for big business. I mean, in this video, we've talked so much about supply chains and their complexity, and it can be difficult to manage your own supply chain as a small business. That's why Shopify offers a fulfillment network that helps you pick, pack and ship orders, so you can spend more time managing your business. Shopify are committed to breaking down the barriers to entrepreneurship by providing banking for the unbanked and making fast fulfillment affordable. That's why we were so excited to work with Shopify on this video. I mean, the whole reason that we started answer in progress was so that we can make videos and pursue our dreams independently and Shopify helps millions of people do that across the world. You can find out more about Shopify and what they can do for you at URL_TOKEN And now, back to the video. END_SPONSOR_TOKEN