{"id":630,"date":"2022-11-25T10:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/logisticnomad.nl\/an-inside-look-at-a-saturday-morning-from-logistic-nomad\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:24:36","slug":"an-inside-look-at-a-saturday-morning-from-logistic-nomad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logisticnomad.nl\/en\/an-inside-look-at-a-saturday-morning-from-logistic-nomad\/","title":{"rendered":"An inside look at a Saturday morning from Logistic Nomad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Saturday morning, 8:21 a.m.; the phone rings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still with a sleeping head, I answer the call. It&#8217;s a customer I&#8217;m working with, asking if I saw the email from last night in which the carrier mentioned that there is a delay with the train, meaning the scheduled deliveries for the weekend cannot take place. I haven&#8217;t read it yet, but I let them know that I will go through the delay notifications carefully and will contact the transporter to check the exact status so I can explore potential solutions.<br \/>\nJust a bit of background information: this customer runs production 24\/7, and an added complication is that without supplies, production will come to a halt on Sunday afternoon. That&#8217;s a pretty serious issue, so I&#8217;m definitely awake now.<br \/>\nLuckily, the carrier has an emergency number that can be called for issues that occur over the weekend. I get in touch, and unfortunately, they confirm that the delays are accurate and they cannot provide a solution. One train did arrive, but the terminal is closed on weekends for container pickup and the other train is delayed to the point that it&#8217;s only expected to arrive on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Okay and now&#8230;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Problem-solving has become second nature after nearly twenty years in logistics. Is the entire issue solvable or are there alternatives to offer the best possible solution? I grab the customer&#8217;s schedule again because I know we have deliveries scheduled for Monday as well. These deliveries are classified as direct truck shipments from Poland. I know these have already left because of the automatic emails I get from the factory when a shipment is loaded. It is now Saturday. The first delivery is scheduled for Monday 12:00 pm. Could that be a solution? I call the Polish carrier which is open on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to around 2:00 p.m. for handling issues, updating documentation and to do any work on their fleet. I explain the situation to him and he says he\u2019ll check the options. He promises to call me back in fifteen minutes.<br \/>\nExactly fifteen minutes later, he calls back after speaking with both drivers. One of the drivers is in the Bielefeld area and can be there if needed by 2:00 a.m. tonight. The other driver can arrive on Monday early afternoon. This is the news I was hoping for, so I\u2019m optimistic the client will agree. I call the client with the update and they give their approval.<br \/>\nA delivery at 2:00 a.m. ensures that there is no production downtime over the weekend. To be safe, I also include Monday&#8217;s delivery in the plan, as I won\u2019t know the status of the two delayed shipments until Monday morning.<br \/>\nThe carrier sends a confirmation email with the appointment details, including the driver&#8217;s name, license plate number and copies of the documents. I forward the same information to the client.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now my weekend can truly begin \ud83d\ude0a.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, this is not a situation that happens on a weekly basis, but it does illustrate the kinds of challenges you can encounter within the logistics chain.<br \/>\nThe key here is to think in solutions, respond quickly and maintain good communication with one another.<br \/>\n#problemsolving #troubleshooting #supplychain #logistics #production #transport #logisticnomad<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday morning, 8:21 a.m.; the phone rings. Still with a sleeping head, I answer the call. 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