Logistics

SLA Monitoring Agent

The breach is three weeks old by the time someone notices it at month-end close.

Monitors service level agreements in real time.

Open agent
Public administration

Four processes that take up the most time today

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU

Developed in Germany · Hosted in the EU or on-premises

Delivered together with

STACKIT Sovereign hosting in Germany, single-tenant from the first user.
Rödl Legal, tax and compliance expertise for legally sound deployment.
4P Consulting Advisory and implementation for the public sector, starting with the AI readiness assessment.

The breach of 10 November appears in the report on 3 December.

Transit times come from the TMS, arrival times from telematics, proof of delivery from the delivery scan. It all comes together in a spreadsheet at month-end close. Anyone who wants to know how a contract is performing during the month asks operations and gets an estimate.

1,400shipments a weekFor one contract customer, 1,400 shipments a week run under a 24-hour commitment.
4commitments per contractTransit time, advance notification, proof of delivery and complaint deadline are all in the same contract.
1analysis a monthThe count is done at month-end close, compiled by hand from shipment and telematics data.
23 daysuntil reportedThe breach of 10 November shows up in the report on 3 December, by which time the contractual penalty has already been invoiced.

The difference between 10 November and 3 December is the difference between correcting course and paying, and that window is where the 30% fewer SLA breaches come from.

The 30% reduction in SLA breaches is this agent's headline figure. The weekly volume of 1,400 shipments and the four commitments from a contract logistics agreement represent a typical set-up; they were not counted.

Three steps through the process.

On the day of the deviation, the agent puts transit time, timestamp and the contractual commitment side by side; logistics controlling assesses the case.

Check shipment data against the contract rules

The agent reads transit times, scans and telematics data for a contract's open shipments. It matches each shipment to the commitment that applies to it.

Contract KL-2026-07, 1,400 shipments in week 46 checked against 4 commitments

Back each deviation with its source

The agent flags every shipment that breaches a commitment or is about to. For each, it gives the timestamp, the source and the rule it was measured against.

17 shipments over 24 hours, the longest 33 hours, 11 of them with no proof of delivery in the scan

Enter deviations in the weekly report

The agent enters the flagged cases in the contract report, sorted by commitment. Logistics controlling decides what follows.

sla_bericht_KL-2026-07_KW46.pdf, 17 cases, sorted by commitment and recipient

What the agent does not do.

It neither establishes nor disputes a contractual penalty.

It documents transit time and proof of delivery for each shipment with a timestamp. Whether a breach is accepted is for logistics controlling to settle with the customer.

It does not judge whether a delay is excused.

It records that a shipment was nine hours over the commitment. The SLA manager weighs up whether a storm or a customs hold accounts for it.

It counts delivery dates moved by verbal agreement as breaches.

It measures against the rule in the contract. If the recipient accepted a later date on the phone, customer service must note this on the case; otherwise the shipment stays flagged.

Connected systems

  • Transport management system (TMS)
  • fleet telematics
  • BI reporting

Operations

  • Deployment modelEU cloud or private cloud
  • Data processingGDPR-compliant, no model training on your data
  • Responsible teamsCustomer service, operations

The questions that come up before the first meeting.

How quickly is the SLA Monitoring Agent ready to use?

A pilot typically runs on your own data within 4 to 6 weeks. The agent connects to your existing systems rather than running as a separate, parallel environment.

Where is the data processed?

EU cloud or private cloud. Processing is GDPR-compliant and models are never trained on your data. Details in the Trust Center.

Where does the figure “30% fewer SLA breaches” come from?

It is based on experience from comparable projects and process benchmarks, not a commitment. We work out the realistic effect for your organisation during the assessment before the pilot.

Related agents.

Intake review, case 2026/04711

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