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AI agent for transportation managers

Shipment Exception Management Agent

Catch and fix shipment problems before customers notice

Risk managementMonitoringOperationsManagement
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Shipment Exception Management Agent: what goes in, what the agent does and what you get

What it does

Shipments get delayed by missed pickups, weather, customs holds or failed deliveries, and customers often hear about it before the coordinator does. With each tracking update, this agent compares events with planned milestones for every open shipment. A shipment is an exception if it misses a milestone or has no scan for 48 hours, even if it is not yet late. Priority customers are handled first. For each exception it gets the cause from carrier updates, drafts a recovery option such as an expedited reship or a new appointment, and drafts a customer update. The coordinator approves customer messages and any extra cost. It then watches whether the recovery worked. If the shipment is still off plan, it raises the next option. Edge case: a shipment with no scan for 48 hours is treated as an exception even when it is still inside its delivery window.

How it works

Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.

Start and resultWhat it doesA check on its own workWaits for your OKGoes back and retries
ApprovedYes, continueNo 1 STARTS WHEN Tracking update received 2 USES A TOOL Compare events with planned milestones 3 DOES Flag late or silent shipments 4 USES A TOOL Get cause from carrier updates 5 DOES Draft recovery option and customer update 6 YOU APPROVE Coordinator approves messages and extra cost 7 CHECKS THE RESULT Did the recovery bring the shipment back on plan? If not: raise the next recovery option. Back to step 4. 8 RESULT Closed exception record
Read the steps as a list
  1. Tracking update received
  2. Compare events with planned milestones
  3. Flag late or silent shipments
  4. Get cause from carrier updates
  5. Draft recovery option and customer update
  6. Coordinator approves messages and extra costThe agent waits here for your OK.
  7. Did the recovery bring the shipment back on plan?If not: raise the next recovery option. Back to step 4.
  8. Closed exception record

How it decides

A shipment is an exception if it misses a milestone or has no scan for 48 hours; priority customers are handled first.

  • 48 hours without a scan is an exception
  • Priority customers first
  • Extra cost needs approval

Make it yours

Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.

  • Silence threshold (default 48 hours)
  • Priority customer list
  • Recovery options and cost limits
  • Message templates

What keeps you in control

It always asks you first

  • Customer messages
  • Expedites and extra cost

Hard limits

  • Never books expedites itself
  • Never promises delivery dates without approval

It stops when

  • Done: shipment delivered
  • Stop: shipment lost, start a claim

Set it up

We guide you through the set-up, step by step

Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.

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5 AIsChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok
  • One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
  • The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
  • A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
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An example run

What happensOn Tuesday a pallet for a hospital supplier had no scan for 50 hours. The carrier said it was misrouted to another depot. The coordinator approved recovery on the next day's linehaul and a customer update. The Wednesday morning check failed: the pallet still had not moved. The agent proposed a dedicated courier at $380, the coordinator approved, and it was delivered that afternoon.

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