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FEATURE


“UK companies


must have established relationships and diligent


lead time planning in place if


they are to meet demand and offer acceptable delivery terms to customers.”


CHAIN REACTION


David Jennings from door hardware specialist, UAP Limited, discusses the importance of resilience planning and ensuring an efficient supply chain for building maintenance, repairs and upgrades.


For anyone waiting for consignments of products arriving from overseas, the news coverage of stationery lorries marooned nose-to-tail at British ports in December was a worrying sight. Those scenes may have been the result of a perfect storm that has, for now, abated, but they were also a premonition of what may lie ahead for FMs working with contractors that rely on an international supply chain.


As we’ve been told more than once by both media and Government over the past year, these are unprecedented times. During 2020, we all navigated the challenges of COVID-19, with lockdown restrictions, reduced staffing, social distancing and PPE requirements. Uncertainty and changing rules made it difficult to plan. With the end of the Brexit transition period on 1st January and the continuing battle against the pandemic, those challenges remain in 2021.


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Both COVID-19 and stockpiling strategies to safeguard against potential ‘no deal’ shortages have already caused chaos at UK ports, and a number of shipping lines have been avoiding consignments to the UK as a result. Now that the EU trade deal has been agreed, confusion over new import rules and paperwork requirements are having an impact on goods entering the UK from beyond Europe too and outbreaks of the virus amongst customs personnel or logistics teams could exacerbate delays further still.


It was clear from the earliest stages of COVID-19 that supply chains would be affected and that the effects would last beyond the peak of the pandemic. As time has gone on, the impact has been cumulative. Breaks in production, demand for warehousing and logistics and port delays


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