Our World Globe Universe customers continue to be affected by processing delays on Replogle Globe orders. In spite of their ongoing efforts to return to pre move inventory levels, Replogle Globes continues to experience inventory shortages on many of their products. Replogle is currently quoting a 3 to 4 week lead time on all globe orders. Our experience is somewhat better on in stock items, with products typically shipping within 10 days to 2 weeks. Unfortunately, many Replogle Globes continue to be out of stock and are subject to the 3 to 4 week lead time for production and shipping.

Special order items, such as globe upgrades and replacement parts are currently experiencing a 4 to 8 week lead time for production and shipping.

We continue to work closely with Replogle Globes and hope the inventory shortages will be alleviated by midsummer.

Replogle Globes, a division of Herff Jones Inc., announced today that they have completed the transfer and installation of their production equipment at their new Indianapolis location and that they have resumed production at their new facility.

At the moment, inventory availability continues to be below optimal levels but Replogle hopes to remedy this situation over the upcoming weeks.

How does this action affect you, our World Globe Universe customer? The move of Replogle's manufacturing operations has taken longer than originally anticipated and product availability continues to be an issue. At the current time, Replogle orders are taking from 2 to 4 weeks to ship as opposed to the 3 to 5 day processing that was typical before the move. We will continue to monitor this situation and will provide updates as Replogle resolves their production issues.