Nearly three years have blown by during which the security industry has endured wild supply chain swings and extremes that pressure tested the very limits of the manufacturing, distribution and installation of security and fire/life-safety wares.

Only in recent months has the tumult-filled ecosystem begun to see a gradual return to some semblance of normalcy and into better sync. Although equipment lead times in the fire alarm and access control sectors generally continue to lag behind video surveillance gear, industry professionals are by and large feeling better about the global supply chain’s prospects to continue stabilizing in the near term.