In an industry where reputation is everything, our client turned to us when scheduled supply to customers was threatened due to compound challenges of machine breakdown, Covid-19-induced shift disruption and limited transport capacity.
Supply chain disruption and reputational damage.
When our client approached us to ask for help managing the impact of a machine breakdown, we knew the job would be challenging. When the night shift was disrupted due to Covid-19, we had a real fight on our hands.
The solution required 24/7 coordination of 154 vans to nine different plants across Europe. We would be using real-time tracking to smooth communications between client and their customer, and facilitating uninterrupted production at all plants.
After two decades of supporting automotive supply chains, we are witnessing an unprecedented demand for agile, creative, and reliable solutions from carmakers and suppliers. Our clients are facing a perfect storm made up of all the normal issues exacerbated by uncertainties in demand, and all needing to be addressed with limitations on resources.
We are seeing clients currently requiring:
Therefore, Evolution Time Critical’s services are in high demand. This is giving us the opportunity to do what we do best – support customers that need immediate solutions to supply chain disruption.
A great example of the support we have been able to provide, is a project just completed in Germany over a four week period. Evolution Time Critical managed the delivery of critical components to nine different delivery points across Europe.
Our client had a machine breakdown, that was further compounded by the need to suspend their night shift, due to staff contracting Covid-19. In the face of potential customer stoppages, penalties and reputational damage, they called us in to manage component supply to nine plants.
A key challenge in the current environment was sourcing large numbers of the right vehicles at the right times. During almost 20 years of supporting European supply chains, Evolution Time Critical has built an extensive proprietary database of all types of vehicles and operators throughout the entire continent, all working to our exacting standards.
Upon completion of the project, our client had successfully maintained supply to facilitate uninterrupted production at all plants, avoided costly penalties, and protected valuable customer relationships.
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