Emergency & rush sourcing
When a regional yard breaks down or your incoming load fails QC at 6 AM, the cost of waiting is what gets your CFO on the phone. Our emergency desk routes the spec to the nearest qualified supplier with current capacity and dispatches in under 24 hours.
How it works
How emergency & rush sourcing works
- 01
You call or submit the spec.
Phone or form. We treat any inbound flagged "emergency" as priority-1 routing.
- 02
We bid the spec against current capacity.
Live ledger across our network — we know who has the right grade in inventory right now, not theoretically.
- 03
Truck rolls within hours, not days.
Lowest delivered-cost qualified supplier dispatches. Confirmation in your inbox before the truck leaves the yard.
Who it's for
When this service earns its place.
Production lines facing pallet shortages
Failed incoming load QC
Sudden surge demand (seasonal, promotional, weather-driven)
Pool participation gaps
Customer-mandated specs your regional supplier can't hit
Why bid this through us
Emergency pricing usually punishes the buyer. Our supplier vetting includes capacity ledgering, which means we know who actually has the inventory — not who's willing to take the order and figure it out later.
Side by side
Emergency sourcing, two ways
Feature
Calling around yourself
Chesapeake emergency desk
Time to first usable quote
2–6 hours
Under 1 hour
Truck dispatched
24–72 hours
Under 24 hours
Spec verification
On you
On us, before dispatch
Premium markup risk
High — you're desperate
Bid discipline holds
Related
Where this fits.
Related products
Related services
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A real quote in your inbox. Pallets on the dock tomorrow.
No discovery call required. Send us a spec and we'll put it out to competition across the network — the best prices in your market, back the same day.