{"id":667,"date":"2021-09-13T18:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphicwarehouse.co.uk\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2021-09-14T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T08:17:39","slug":"deliveries-plan-for-the-worst-hope-for-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graphicwarehouse.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/09\/13\/deliveries-plan-for-the-worst-hope-for-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Deliveries: Plan for the Worst&#8230; Hope for the Best!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"667\" class=\"elementor elementor-667\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b134995 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b134995\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8a3657\" data-id=\"d8a3657\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e9df7 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"36e9df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot; Planning to Fail.&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Deliveries: Failing to Plan, is<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\"> Planning to Fail.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-390b409 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"390b409\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was listening to Jeremy Vine today on BBC Radio 2 and I am picking up that no matter how much money is thrown at the driver shortage problem in the UK&#8230; they are not happy.<\/p><p>As the world is opening up again we are seeing many things affecting our businesses and what is becoming alarming is the UK Driver Shortage.<\/p><p>This is and will continue to affect deliveries.\u00a0 We have never guaranteed on-time delivery, but we do guarantee on-time dispatch and our customers receive automated notifications when the goods are scanned onto the carrier&#8217;s vehicle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70ca650 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-view-icon-text elementor-blockquote--button-skin-classic elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"70ca650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"I cannot stress this enough... buy extra days with your customers and explain the situation... we have found our customers to be very accommodating.\"  \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Adrian McCombe - Sales Director<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%22I+cannot+stress+this+enough...+buy+extra+days+with+your+customers+and+explain+the+situation...+we+have+found+our+customers+to+be+very+accommodating.%22+++%E2%80%94+Adrian+McCombe+-+Sales+Director&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fgraphicwarehouse.co.uk%2Fblog%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F667\" class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-button\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-label\">Tweet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ea7dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ea7dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DO NOT... 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