A briefing from Enmovil

Your most expensive leg
just got pricier.

Kingston is queuing 3–7 days at Caribbean transshipment hubs.[8] Every major ocean carrier raised US detention fees on January 1, 2026.[7] Across 1,400+ SKUs and four markets, a container slip just got structurally pricier.

The hypothesis

The Kingston-to-shelf leg was already the longest link in the chain. January 1 made it structurally worse.

Detention schedules reset January 1.[7] Kingston is queuing 3–7 days.[8] Demurrage runs $75–$300 per container per day.[7] The gap is real-time visibility between Kingston outbound and the moment free time expires. A four-day slip on one container is invisible until it is expensive.[2]

Jan 12026
All major carriers raised US detention fees. Already in effect.[7]
3–7days
Active vessel queueing at Kingston, the region's largest hub.[3][8]
$75–300/day
Demurrage per container per day at current carrier rates.[7]
1,400+SKUs
Grocery, frozen, dairy, beverages through the US arm alone.[2]
4markets
Caribbean, US, UK, Canada. One port constraint, four downstream markets.[1]
6factories
All in Jamaica. When Kingston queues, every factory's outbound stacks.[6]
Caddie
Enmovil's agentic AI. Tracks every container against its free-time clock. Flags detention exposure before it accrues. Sits above your existing SAP, TMS, and ocean freight desk. Three to four week go-live.
Caddie · Enmovil's AI co-pilot

Six agents. One continuous loop. Over your existing SAP and TMS. No rip and replace.

A replenishment signal enters at Demand Sensing. It exits at Settlement. Autonomously. In minutes. The loop runs 24/7.[9]

Demand Sensing
Diaspora pull by SKU, region, season. Long tail included.
Procurement + Inbound
Sequences raw material intake to actual supplier reliability.
Plant · Kingston
Sequences six Jamaica factories against firm retailer demand.
Ocean Freight
Every container tracked against its free-time clock. Exposure flagged early.
Regional Dispatch
FTL, LTL, courier into NJ, FL, GA, UK, Canada on one tower.
Settlement & Audit
Audits every invoice. Landed cost per SKU, continuous.
Caddie, in Enmovil's own words: “Your AI co-pilot for supply chain orchestration. Unifies planning, logistics, and execution into one autonomous intelligence layer.”[9]
Caddie applied to your operation

Three places Caddie maps to your supply chain. Pick one for a two-week experiment.

01 · The detention question
Detention schedules reset January 1. Kingston is queuing 3–7 days. What does one slip cost across a 30-day horizon?
Today
Carriers raised US detention fees on January 1.[7] Kingston adds 3–7 days to already tight free time.[8]
Cost
$75–$300 per container per day. A 4-day slip on 10 containers is $3K–$12K outside the Q4 model.[7]
Caddie
Ocean Freight agent tracks every container against its free-time clock. Flags exposure before the invoice.[9]
02 · The inventory-on-water question
Inventory sits on ocean, in port, at regional DC, at retailer DC, and in the backroom. Which echelon is funding the most carrying cost?
Today
Branded FMCG carries ~110 days on hand.[10] Ocean transit alone runs 3–4 weeks plus port handling.[12]
Cost
Carrying cost 20–30% of inventory value per year.[11] Without echelon visibility, planners hold safety stock at every node.
Caddie
Inventory agent tracks units across Kingston, ocean, regional DC, retailer DC. Multi-echelon, one screen.[9]
03 · The forecast question
Diaspora demand swings on immigration, remittances, hurricane season, and a seasonal tail. What share of SKUs hit forecast ±10% weekly?
Today
F&B median forecast error ~25%; top performers 20%.[13] Easter bun, ackee, Notting Hill Carnival spikes all live in the long tail.
Cost
Hero SKUs 80–90%, long tail 60–75%, weekly SKU-location WAPE 30–60%.[14]
Caddie
Demand Sensing reads the distribution, not the mean. Seasonal and diaspora SKUs included. 97% forecast accuracy on deployed customers.[9]
Operational impact

Six operating numbers you can measure.

Every number below comes from deployed customer outcomes, not projections. Pick the shape closest to Grace's.

Daily ETA accuracy
97%
Road, rail, ocean, air on the deployed customer base.
Enmovil deployed benchmarks
Forecast accuracy
97%
Demand sensing on deployed customers. Long tail included.
Enmovil deployed benchmarks
Detention + demurrage
15% down
Container free-time fees once real-time tracking is on.
Enmovil deployed benchmarks
Transportation spend
8 to 15%
Route optimization, consolidation, carrier audit.
Enmovil deployed benchmarks
Integration
3 to 4weeks
Over existing SAP, Oracle, TMS. API, EDI, CSV. No migration.
Enmovil deployment playbook
Planner minutes reclaimed
30 to 50%
Auto-routed exceptions take clerking off the planner's plate.
Enmovil deployed benchmarks
Already deployed

Three customer stories that map onto Grace's chain.

No Jamaican food conglomerate to name yet. Three deployments (Fortune 100 CPG, tier 1 electricals, F500 SAP-native) match the shape closely. Named references at the booth.

Fortune 100 global CPG
Dispatch planning and multimodal orchestration on Enmovil.
Branded CPG, long lead, multi-echelon to retailer DCs.
Shape
Global CPG running dispatch planning, route sequencing, sensor cold chain on one layer.
Outcome
10% transportation spend compression. Cold chain logged at sensor level.
Relevance
Closest analog to Grace's Kingston-to-retailer-DC food flow.
“Transfers to Grace: one dispatch plan across Kingston outbound, ocean, and regional DC inbound. Auto-routes when a container slips.”
Tier 1 global electricals
FTL, LTL, and courier on one orchestration layer.
Three transport modes on one continuous control tower.
Shape
Global electricals orchestrating FTL, LTL, and courier on one platform. Settlement continuous.
Outcome
Single settlement path across three modes. Freight audit continuous, not quarterly.
Relevance
Analog to Grace's mixed port-to-DC, regional truckload, and final mile to independent grocers.
“Transfers to Grace: Regional Dispatch agent runs FTL, LTL, and courier together. Settlement audits every invoice line.”
Fortune 500 SAP-native
SAP writeback at 90 minutes. Reporting cycle from 40 minutes to 5.
Agentic layer over a live SAP of record, not replacing it.
Shape
F500 SAP-native running Caddie as the agentic orchestration layer. Caddie writes back every 90 minutes.
Outcome
Reporting cycle 40 minutes to 5. Planners on one screen, not eleven.
Relevance
Directly relevant if Grace runs SAP at the core. Caddie sits above, closes the loop.
“Transfers to Grace: no SAP migration. Caddie layers on top. Three to four week go-live.”
Scale
~100,000 trucks/day under orchestration. 97% daily ETA accuracy. 97% demand sensing accuracy. Selected over Blue Yonder, Manhattan, Kinaxis, o9, Oracle, and EY in tier-1 evaluations.
Who's building this

Enmovil · the technology thought partner for autonomous supply chains.

One AI-native platform. Demand sensing, inventory, dispatch, execution, freight settlement, sustainability reporting. All on one intelligence layer that sits above the systems you already own.

Under orchestration
~100K
Trucks per day across the customer base
Daily ETA accuracy
99%
Road, rail, ocean, air
Forecast accuracy
97%
Demand sensing on deployed customers
Logistics cost savings
8 to 15%
Measured across deployments
Integration
3 to 4wks
On existing SAP, Oracle, TMS, WMS. No migration.
Deployed at
Dispatch Planning
Multimodal Logistics
Multimodal Orchestration
Dispatch Planning
Fleet Management
Logistics Orchestration
Logistics Resilience
Inventory Management
Freight Settlement
Dispatch Planning
Transport Management
Export Planning
Runs under GDPR and SOC 2. Data ingestion via API, EDI, or bulk upload. Enterprise SSO. Deploys over existing SAP ECC 6.0 and above.
The ask

A 60–90 minute working session. One problem scoped. Experiments defined before we leave the room.

We bring a hypothesis on where January's rate changes hit Grace's P&L hardest. You stress-test it. We leave with two or three scoped experiments. Three questions shape what we bring.

Question 1 of 3
When a Kingston container hits a detention clock at the new rate schedule, who finds out first?
Finance, when the invoice lands. Sometimes weeks later.
The planner, manually checking carrier portals.
Operations, when a retailer DC calls.
Our TMS flags it before the clock runs.
The Kingston freight desk, but visibility doesn't reach Wood-Ridge in real time.
Question 2 of 3
A hurricane warning lands while a UK container is mid-Atlantic and a Canadian DC is in reset. Which decision gets made first?
Protect the Kingston plant. Outbound freezes.
Reroute the mid-Atlantic container. Detention is accruing.
Stabilize the Canadian DC reset. Downstream is committed.
All three, in sequence. Playbook runs human and slow.
All three, in parallel. We need a tool to hold that.
Question 3 of 3
If you could retire one weekly spreadsheet between sourcing, inbound, and inventory planning, which one?
Supplier reliability and raw material sequencing
Container free-time tracking
Multi-echelon inventory reconciliation
Ocean freight and carrier invoice audit
Weekly SKU forecast override tracking

If detention visibility is already solved, bring us the next hardest problem. Ideal room includes whoever owns the Kingston-to-port handoff.

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