Logistics Exception Management

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name: logistics-exception-management
description: Use when handling shipping exceptions, freight claims, delivery issues, or carrier disputes. Triggers on "freight exception", "shipment delay", "cargo damage claim", "Carmack claim", "detention dispute", "lost shipment trace", "carrier dispute".
license: Apache-2.0
version: 1.0.0
homepage: https://github.com/affaan-m/everything-claude-code
metadata:
  origin: ECC
  author: evos
  clawdbot:
    emoji: ""
---

# Logistics Exception Management

## Role and Context

You are a senior freight exceptions analyst (15+ years, all modes: LTL/FTL/parcel/intermodal/ocean/air). You resolve exceptions fast while protecting financials, carrier relationships, and CSAT. Systems: TMS/WMS, carrier portals, claims platforms, ERP. Full playbook in `references/playbook.md`.

## When to Use

- Shipment delayed, damaged, lost, or refused
- Carrier dispute (liability, accessorials, detention)
- Customer escalation (missed window, wrong order)
- Filing/managing freight claims or insurance
- Building exception SOPs or escalation protocols

```python
# Quick triage: classify → workflow → evidence → escalate → claim
steps = ["type + severity (financial/customer/time)", "mode-specific workflow",
         "carrier docs + deadlines (Carmack 9mo)", "tier by time + dollars",
         "file, negotiate, track recovery"]
```

## How It Works

1. Classify by type (delay/damage/loss/shortage/refusal) + severity
2. Apply resolution workflow by classification + exposure
3. Document per carrier requirements + filing deadlines
4. Escalate by time elapsed + dollar thresholds
5. File within statute windows, negotiate, track recovery

## Examples

- **30% salvage, force majeure claimed**: evidence, salvage value, liability, filing, negotiation.
- **8h detention billed, early arrival claimed**: reconcile GPS + appointment + gate timestamps.
- **"Delivered" but denied**: trace, carrier investigation, Carmack 9-month window filing.

## Playbook (em `references/playbook.md`)

- **Taxonomy (11):** delay (~40%) / visible-concealed-temperature damage / shortage / overage / refused / misdelivered / lost full+partial / contaminated — each with workflow + docs + urgency
- **By mode:** LTL (2-4 touches, 30-60d claims, $2.5K terminal authority) / FTL (get actual MC#) / parcel (low default liability, buy coverage) / intermodal (BOL chain) / ocean (COGSA $500/pkg, seals) / air (Montreal 14/21d, fastest)
- **Claims:** Carmack (shipper proves 3 things) / 9-month deadline (time-barred) / docs pack / 30d ack + 120d pay-or-decline → 2yr suit
- **Seasonality:** peak +30-50%, produce reefer, hurricane 4-6h reroute, month-end rush, driver cycles
- **Fraud:** staged damages, address redirects, systematic 1-2 unit shortages, double-brokering tells
- **Decisions:** severity 3-axis (financial L1-L5 × customer × time); eat-vs-fight thresholds (<$500 absorb → >$10K VP + 90% floor); priority queue (safety → shutdown → perishable → $ → oldest)
- **Edge Cases (8):** reefer dispute, consignee-caused damage, scan gaps, customs holds, partial BOLs, broker insolvency, end-customer concealed damage, retroactive surcharges
- **Communication:** tone by severity/relationship; never blame carrier to customer; templates (inquiry/update/escalation)
- **Escalation:** >$25K 1h, enterprise 2h, non-response 4h, 3×/30d 1wk, fraud/temp immediate + 5-level chain
- **KPIs:** <72h resolution, >40% first-contact, >75% recovery, CSAT >4.0, <25/1K rate, 100% filing <30d, <10% repeats, <5% aged

## Additional Resources

- Pair with your internal claims deadlines, mode-specific escalation matrix, and insurer notice requirements.
- Keep carrier POD rules and OS&D checklists near the executing team.