Up to now I’ve been fairly relaxed on our airfreight imports as I understand the need to get materials here to support production against a plan which has had a number of changes and relatively short lead-times.
However, now we have a more coherent plan and I hope safety stocks in place to aid with any sudden changes. We should now also be placing orders within lead-time with the suppliers.
Therefore, from Monday onwards, I want to authorise any air freight requests before they are arranged. Please ensure airfreight requests are signed off by me before we make the arrangements.