You need to let customers
You need to let customers know what are the requirements to have an order ship ASAP. 7 days after placing an order, compliance comes back and say we need to fill out a form before they can ship. You need to tell customer this during order placement not wait week after and say you are backlog and have not caught up. Customers will not wait for you to get caught up with your back log, we can easily go to the next provider who can do a better job in communicating and can process order on time