Production stops due to various reasons. The most important fact is to be able to restart it very fast. Although in most of the cases the solutions are in plant, sometimes you need to bring equipment, spare parts or raw materials from abroad.
1. Contingency plan
Always have prepared a contingency plan for each possible situation. Analyse all the possible failures through the FMEA process and build the plan.The plan should also contain back-up suppliers for equipment, spare-parts and raw materials.
2. Assign responsibilities
In any crisis people have to know exactly what to do, whom to call. Exercise with your team the possible emergencies. Always follow up any intermediary phase of the process and give feedback to the team.
3. Reliable logistic partners
The logistic partner you can rely on is the one who understands exactly what production stop means and acts consequently in finding a fast transport solution.
Wonderfast could help you handle smooth emergencies and overcome logistic difficulties.