Just-in-Time Line-Feed Across Three Plants

Sector
Automotive - tier-1 supplier
Route
Slovakia → Germany & France
Timeline
14 hours door-to-door
Heavy wooden cable reels loaded and lashed inside the trailer
Heavy industrial cable reels loaded and lashed for the time-critical line-feed run.
01

The Challenge

A tier-1 automotive supplier needed a missing component moved from Slovakia to three assembly plants in Germany and France before the next shift - a stopped line would have cost thousands per minute.

The order arrived late in the afternoon, outside regular dispatch hours. Every hour of delay brought the assembly lines closer to a full stop, and no scheduled carrier could guarantee the delivery window across three separate unloading points.

02

The Solution

We dispatched a dedicated vehicle within 15 minutes, split the load across two direct legs, and tracked every kilometre in real time so the client's line planners always knew the exact ETA.

Both vehicles ran through the night with checkpoints agreed in advance. Line planners received the live tracking link, so buffer-stock decisions were made on real positions instead of estimates.

Wooden cable reels secured for overnight transit
Every reel individually secured for a stable, damage-free overnight transit.
03

Results & Hard Metrics

15 min
Minutes to dispatch decision
2
Dedicated vehicles
14h
Door-to-door delivery
0
Line stoppages