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Industries / Manufacturing

Logistics that keep production lines running.

We run both sides of manufacturing logistics: capital equipment planned months ahead, and urgent spare parts moved within hours to keep downtime to a minimum.

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The priority

Keeping downtime to a minimum

When a production line stops, the cost accrues per hour. Measured against an hour of stopped output, air freight is justified for parts whose own value would not warrant it. We identify those parts in advance, so the expedite decision is already made when the call comes at two in the morning.

How we handle it

Classify parts into downtime-critical and routine before an incident, so the expedite decision is pre-authorised.
Survey routes for capital equipment early, because permit lead times set the achievable delivery date.
Consolidate inbound supplier flows at origin to cut per-shipment cost and destination handling.
Sequence plant deliveries to the installation programme.

Key challenges

Four challenges we plan around.

Two clocks in one supply chain

Capital equipment plans over months and needs route surveys and permits. Spare parts need a next-flight-out decision in under an hour. Each runs on its own dedicated process.

Machinery that leaves the container envelope

Production equipment is frequently out-of-gauge by height or width, which moves it out of standard container pricing and into flat rack, break bulk or specialised road equipment.

Installation-sequenced delivery

Plant equipment has to arrive in build order. A component delivered early occupies site space; delivered late it stops the installation crew. Sequence matters as much as date.

Inbound supply from many suppliers

Production feed comes from a dispersed supplier base in small, frequent consignments: the profile where per-shipment cost dominates and buyer's consolidation pays for itself.

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