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to product availability and delivery. Our implementation of more efficient processes, collaboration with multiple vendors when necessary and in-house manufacturing have significantly reduced external shipping variables. Schirmer: Team dealers can expect good availability and delivery times this year. We are caught up on our backlog and starting to make stock so that dealers can deliver our nets to their customers quickly. Livingston: We're easily back to our pre- COVID levels of inventory and shipping nearly all non-custom orders within one or two days from receipt of order. And we anticipate it will remain this way through the rest of the year. What about price increases? They were unpredictable for the past year or two. Have they become more stable and what are your plans into late 2024? Halvorson: We actually lowered prices on many of our key items in 2024, which in this day and age makes us pretty unique. As a result, we have seen immediate positive results in the first quarter of 2024. Peterson: ey were unpredictable for the past year or two. ankfully we've maintained stable pricing across the board in recent years, although we've made minor adjustments to certain products in response to escalating costs. While most vendors are opting to retain these increased prices given the current demand, we anticipate they will remain steady moving forward. Klein: e market will set itself as the supply market becomes stable. Prices within the market might become more competitive with the supply chain ramping up from previous years. We will need to keep a close eye on industry trends, including changes in raw material, costs, currency fluctuations and competitor pricing strategies. Understanding these factors can help us anticipate potential price increases and plan accordingly. Vogelsang: We had a very nominal price adjustments going into 2024. We expect no mid/late year price changes and anticipate historically average price adjustments in 2025. Livingston: We used a commodity surcharge over the last couple of years to deal with the changing material prices. However, we felt comfortable enough with today's market to remove the surcharge and teaminsightmag.com May/June 2024 ~ Team Insight • 31 Champro has developed an innovative net for baseball and softball. Its Triple Play Rebound Screen is a patent pending net that has a distinctive S-shaped frame designed to provide three angles of rebound without adjustment.