Chase a late supplier order and get a committed delivery date
A firm expedite email that gets a confirmed ship date, recovery plan, and escalation path without damaging the relationship.
The prompt
Write an expedite email to a supplier whose order is late.
Supplier contact and relationship: [NAME, ROLE, HOW LONG WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER]
PO and items: [PO NUMBER, LINE ITEMS, QUANTITIES]
Original promised date: [DATE]
Current status as I know it: [e.g. "no update for 8 days", "partial shipment received"]
Why it matters to us: [e.g. "production line stops on May 14", "customer order at risk"]
What I can accept: [partial shipment / split delivery / expedited freight at their cost / alternate part]
Previous chases: [DATES AND WHAT WAS SAID]
Tone: [collaborative / firm / final escalation]
Requirements:
- Open with the PO and the date we need, in bold.
- Ask for specific answers, not a general update: confirmed ship date, quantity per shipment, tracking or booking reference, and the cause of the delay.
- Offer the options I can accept so they can solve it quickly.
- Set a reply deadline in bold.
- If this is a repeat chase, reference the earlier commitments factually and name the next escalation step (e.g. copying their sales director).
- Under 170 words. No threats I haven't listed.
Return:
1. Two subject lines that include the PO number.
2. The email.
3. A shorter follow-up for 48 hours later if there is no reply.
4. A 3-line internal update I can send to my planner or sales team on the status.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- NAME, ROLE, HOW LONG WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER
- PO NUMBER, LINE ITEMS, QUANTITIES
- DATE
- e.g. "no update for 8 days", "partial shipment received"
- DATES AND WHAT WAS SAID
- collaborative / firm / final escalation
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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