Display Industry Suffocating Under ‘Mountain of Inventory’: DSCC

Bloated inventories are a “gale-force headwind” throughout the display industry that will continue to put downward pressure on prices and likely will lead to a “sharp slowdown in industry production” in 2022's second half, reported Display Supply Chain Consultants Monday. Throughout the display value chain, “the surge in demand generated during the pandemic’s early days, combined with shortages and transportation problems, set in motion a path toward building a mountain of inventory,” said DSCC. “Now that the pandemic demand peak has passed, that big mountain needs to be consumed before a normal supply/demand balance can be restored.”