Herding Cats

For Logistics Directors

Cases, awards, and trucks that show up at the next venue.

Trucks, drivers, warehouses, dock times — mapped once in August, used all season. And when the truck breaks down on a Wednesday night, the plan opens itself.

Louisville warehouse

Load-out Mon · Ray

8:00 AM

Columbus Convention Ctr

Dock B · liftgate needed

Thu 6:00 AM

Nashville Music City Ctr

Sun load-out → overnight run

Mon 5:30 AM

Change one dock time — the downstream times move with it.

When the truck dies

Load-out without the missing-prop panic.

The truck-down plan, exactly as it opens mid-season — driver safety first, freight second. By Thursday morning every touring company is hunting the same box trucks; the plan starts that call early.

Something changed?

Truck down on I-65 outside Louisville

Playbook: Truck breaks down between cities0/6 done

The driver's safety comes before the freight, so that's step one. After that this is a race between a rental truck and Friday's load-in — and the marley floor is the one item on that trailer you genuinely cannot run without.

  • Reach the driver — safety and location first

    Driver safety, then tow/roadside. Freight is replaceable.

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  • Line up a rental box truck near the breakdown

    One-way box rentals dry up on Thursdays.

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  • Warn the next event's manager tonight

    The venue needs to know before their dock crew goes home.

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  • Inventory the trailer against the next event's can't-run-withouts

    Awards inventory and the marley dance floor are the usual show-stoppers — source local backups for exactly the gaps.

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Coming next for you

  • Packing-list inventory importIn beta
  • Award purchasing & fulfillmentUp next

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