ACS Time Critical was tasked with getting the cargo from distributors across China to a Mexican factory.
A rolling NFO operation for urgent automotive parts
Our logistics experts at ACS Time Critical received an urgent call from an automotive manufacturer, who needed our help to meet their end-of-year quota and avoid a factory shutdown. We were tasked with expediting the delivery of critical parts from China to the plant in Mexico, with the operation quickly growing from a single shipment to multiple batches from different locations. We pulled out all the stops to get the cargo there in time.
Our Solution
Route: Shanghai > Monterrey
Service: Next flight out
Knowing it would be impossible to transport all the pallets in one go, as they were coming from different distributors at different times, our teams in Frankfurt and Houston instead collaborated on an extended ‘next flight out’ (NFO) solution.
The rolling operation continued for well over a week, with our experts collecting batches of pallets as soon as they were ready and trucking them to Shanghai, where they were loaded onto the next flight to Mexico via Frankfurt.
Attention to detail was key to ensure things ran smoothly, so we leveraged our industry contacts in China and Mexico to expedite customs clearance and worked with the airline to ensure each load was promptly transferred to the connecting flight.
Our daily NFOs ran for nine days until all the parts had been successfully delivered to the factory in Mexico, keeping the client’s production line moving at a critical time.
The Finer Details
Unrivalled Expertise: Our specialised team at ACS Time Critical had the knowledge and experience to seamlessly coordinate this complex operation.
Rapid Response: We went back to the client within minutes of receiving their call and sharing plans for a tailor-made logistics solution within the hour.
Buying Power: ACS Time Critical quickly updated our quote each time the shipment grew, negotiating capacity with operators to make sure the cargo reached its destination ASAP.