JIT runs, same-day parts, no excuses.
Line-down at 4pm? Supplier missed the pallet? Inter-site shuttle gone sideways? OTD is the van you call when the schedule has already failed and someone needs to fix it before the morning shift.
What's getting in the way today.
Line-down costs more per hour than a year of van retainer.
Generic couriers quote you tomorrow. A retained logistics partner is on the road before you've finished the email.
Inter-site shuttles eat your own van fleet.
Your drivers should be on production-critical work, not bouncing parts between Site A and Site B all week.
Suppliers slip and there's no plan B.
You need a freight partner who already knows your sites, dock numbers, gate codes and goods-in rules.
The exact job, done end-to-end.
Line-down recovery
Critical part collected from supplier, expediated to plant. Live GPS, photo POD at goods-in. Booked in under five minutes.
Inter-site shuttles
Scheduled daily / weekly van runs between your sites. Locked rate, named driver, predictable arrival window.
Supplier collections
Standing instruction to collect from named suppliers — including suppliers who 'don't deliver to your area'.
Unsociable hours
Night collections, pre-dawn drops, weekend recovery. Same rate as daytime on Business / Partner retainers.
Booked-in slot guarantees
Goods-in needs a slot? We hit it. Miss it through our fault and the job is on us.
GIT-insured to £10k
Higher-value loads on request. Drivers briefed on goods-in protocols and PPE per site.
Pick the model that matches how often you ship.
Retainer
Manufacturing volume hates surprises. A Business or Partner retainer fixes your per-mile rate for 12 months and reserves capacity against your forecast — so when production calls at 16:55, the van is already accounted for.
- Rate locked at £2.00 / mile (Business) or £1.85 / mile (Partner)
- Unsociable-hours surcharge waived on Business and above
- Named account manager + WhatsApp direct line
- Standing instructions for your top 5 suppliers and sites
Pre-pay Credit
£1,100 of credit + Priority Stack
- £100 bonus credit (10%)
- Front-of-queue dispatch
- Rate locked 12 months
- On-time guarantee or credit back
One-off
Pay when you need us
- Standard same-day rates
- Subject to van availability
- No commitment
Lock your rate. Lock your capacity. Forget about logistics.
Three tiers, one principle: dedicated capacity sits behind your business so dispatch stops being something you chase.
Starter retainer
For firms doing 4–8 jobs a month
- Reserved same-day slot each week
- Locked per-mile rate
- Named dispatcher on WhatsApp
- Monthly POD + activity report
Growth retainer
For firms doing 8–20 jobs a month
- Priority dispatch — front of the queue
- Two reserved slots per week
- Quarterly review with your account owner
- Branded PODs for client files
Scale retainer
For firms doing 20+ jobs a month
- Dedicated capacity reserved daily
- Named account owner + ops lead
- Quarterly review with reporting pack
- Custom SLAs and routing windows
Capacity, reserved
A van is held for you on agreed days — no scrambling when a deal lands at 4pm.
Time back to your team
One named contact replaces the chain of phone calls, courier brokers and tracking chases.
Audit-ready records
Every drop logged with what3words, photo POD and signature — straight into your file.
What that looks like for for manufacturing
- Rate locked at £2.00 / mile (Business) or £1.85 / mile (Partner)
- Unsociable-hours surcharge waived on Business and above
- Named account manager + WhatsApp direct line
- Standing instructions for your top 5 suppliers and sites
- Quarterly review of lanes, costs and missed-slot performance
- Single monthly invoice across all jobs — zero PO admin per run
What firms usually ask first.
- How fast can you collect when production calls?
- Retainer clients average under two hours from call to wheels-up, anywhere on the UK mainland. Same-day cut-off is effectively 'whenever you ring'.
- Can you handle our goods-in slot rules?
- Yes. We pre-load your site protocols — gate codes, PPE, dock numbers, goods-in windows — into the dispatch system. Drivers see them on the job sheet.
- What about higher-value parts?
- Standard cover is £10k GIT. We can uplift on request for specific lanes — flag it on retainer onboarding and we underwrite the cover.
Price it now. Book it now. Done.
Postcodes in, live quote out, card paid, job dispatched — all without anyone calling you back.