Field notes
Shorter writings from the same table.
These notes are about records we keep seeing: two clocks called by one name, a missed slot, a pallet count that changes hands, a flooded afternoon on Vibhavadi.
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Rain on Vibhavadi, written on the sheet
A supplier can be inside the promise and still miss your door because the road held the truck.
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The invoice said twelve pallets
Twelve on the invoice, ten on the yard sheet, twelve again at the dock. The middle number is the one people skip.
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When the Lat Krabang slot is missed
A missed slot has a cause that may sit with the truck, the paperwork, or the hour the depot stopped taking boxes.
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A container night is not a yard night
A box waiting at the depot and a carton waiting on your floor are both “dwell”. They belong on different lines.