On-call duty in logistics means that staff members must remain available outside regular hours (nights, weekends, holidays) to respond quickly to urgent situations—such as transport damage, emergency shipments, or customs release delays.
Source: https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/Definition/bereitschaftsdienst.html
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