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11/4/2021
the short labor shortages that we're experiencing. And I think that's what we did not anticipate in terms of what everybody else is experiencing. We're competing with very large companies like Amazon and Walmart and Target for people. And I think that's the biggest issue. Yeah, and just to clarify one thing around what I teed up with, Per, is that when the order came in, in the days as we were finalizing the details of the order with the Omeginos, once we knew that they were ready to go, before we finalized it and then promptly announced it, as Rick said, we had a plan to deliver on that. It had a meaningful ramp, but one that at the time our team was confident in and specifically laid out on how to achieve it. And as with anything, sometimes what ultimately turns out in reality continues to evolve, and the market dynamics with labor continue to evolve. And those are the changes we just try to deal with as we move forward, and we're continuing to do that with the customer.
Yeah, that's reasonable. Well, and Neil, just to be clear, I didn't think your answer before was glib either. I think it was perfectly fair. And it actually kind of led into another question that I had kind of had, which was related to automated capacity. And this has been something that gets discussed and asked on calls. It's come up for several years now. And I guess I was a little surprised in the sense that the automated capacity almost sounds like it's being overwhelmed already but I think is it fair to think that simply because of the bolus of the of the of the order the size of this particular order it's not like you are you're not given the luxury of producing product over the course of you know a 12-month period you're trying to do this this sizable order over the course of several months instead of 12 and then if you have that situation exacerbated by labor shortages it just makes it that much more taxing is that fair Yeah, that's fair.
And I think you hit the nail on the head relative to the bull's size of the order as well as the time frame. And product mix, obviously, factoring into that too.
Sure. No, absolutely. Okay, one last one for me, I promise. You mentioned the CLIA waiver situation with HIV syphilis. I think everybody on this call would love to to see that eventually granted. You did mention potentially getting that in the next several weeks. Never want to put the FDA on the spot, and I don't expect you to do it now, but is calling for that in the next several weeks, is that more or less a function of just there's not a lot of back and forth at this point? You've kind of submitted what there is to submit, and they've sort of reviewed what's been submitted, and it's just typical holding pattern at this point? Yeah, fair.
This is Rick and the reason we said in the coming weeks is and we can't talk about the specifics of the interaction with the FDA. But as you know, we have been pretty. You know public with when we submitted the clear waiver and the amount of time it's been at the FDA and so you know. We've been in. interaction with the FDA on this CLIA waiver and this is our current thinking around what's likely to happen with the CLIA waiver. So I think that's sort of communicating our confidence that we're getting very, very close and hopefully we'll have some news to announce over the coming weeks.
Excellent. All right. Thank you for all the time, all the color. And Neil, congratulations and best of luck in your next role. Thank you, Per. I appreciate it. Thank you, Per.
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