外贸产品销售不同于国内产品销售,由于涉及到海运、空运、倒换陆路运输等各种交通工具的使用,路途遥远,也会因为运输公司调度问题出现种种偏差。货物延期提交时常发生,这也是外贸企业工作人员经常会遇到的问题,延期交货向客户道歉该注意到什么问题呢?
延期交货这一类型问题必然会引起客户不满,所以解决这一类型的问题时,一定要关注到站在客户的角度采用换位思考方式,设身处地的为用户进行解释,这样才有效果,不要仅仅是从官样语言这一层面道歉,这样的效果往往并不理想,一些新进入行业发展的外贸工作人员却常常这样做:
Mr. Bruce:
We are very sorry to inform you that due to the delay of the cargo ship, we are unable to deliver this batch of products at the time agreed with the other party. We are not willing to see the delay of delivery, but it is due to various external factors. We are very sorry that we are unable to deliver the goods at the agreed time. Please forgive me. In the course of business development, our company will focus on how to allocate the delivery time of goods, so as to avoid any impact on your company in this respect. We apologize again.
布鲁斯先生:
非常抱歉的通知您,我方无法在此前和闺房所谈定好的时间交付这批产品,延期交货这种情况我方也不愿意发誓,但由于各种外在影响因素,无法在商定的时间交货,万分抱歉,敬请原谅,此后业务展开中,我公司一定会重点关注好如何配适货物交付时间问题,避免在这一方面给贵方公司造成影响,再次致歉。
如上案例中用词没有问题,句句都在致歉,看似很有诚意,但事实上这种做法并没有让用户了解延期交货的具体原因。因此很难让用户满意,虽然总是在道歉,但却没有任何实际效果,这种状态下对于后期阶段和海外公司的合作自然会造成较为严重的影响,遇到这种情况时该怎样做呢?按照如下方式和用户道歉,效果则会更为理想。
Mr. Calvin:
First of all, I'd like to apologize to your company. Before that, we and the other party agreed that the delivery time is January 25, but due to our scheduled shipping company adjustment. There is a problem with the shipment time of the products, which leads to serious scheduling error. Therefore, the products cannot be delivered in time in this transaction. The problem of late delivery will affect your company, and we do not want this situation. However, due to the problem of communication company, the delivery is difficult to be completed on time even if we take other measures. We apologize to you for this problem. Our board of directors has discussed this issue and proposed the following results. After that, we will conduct business with the other company. Liu Guifang can understand that we are very grateful to Liu Guifang for paying special attention to the new trend of the communication and transportation company and conducting business negotiation with more than two shipping companies at the same time, so as to avoid the failure to transport goods in time in case of emergency. If you have any other questions, you can call us and give satisfactory answers.
卡尔文先生:
首先要向贵公司致歉,此前我方和贵方商定好此次交货时间为1月25日,但由于我方所预定的货运船舶公司调整产品装船时间出现问题,导致调度误差严重,因此本次交易中无法及时交货,延期交货这种问题会对贵公司造成影响,我方也不希望发生这种情况。但由于船舶公司问题导致此次交货不及时,我方通过其他运输途径也很难按时完成运输工作,基于此种问题向贵方致歉。我方董事会已针对此种问题进行了商议,拟出结果如下,此后和贵公司业务展开中会重点关注传播运输公司新动向,并同时积极和两家以上海运公司展开业务洽谈,规避出现紧急状况后无法及时运输货物问题,如贵方可以谅解,我方万分感谢,如贵方有其他问题可回函致电,我方会给予贵方满意解答。
延期交货向客户道歉采用如上这种信函沟通方式无疑效果要更为理想,案例1和案例2的最大差别在哪里呢?案例1中的范文对于造成延期交货相关因素和引起延期的原因等都没有进行任何解释,此外,对于延期交货有可能对产品购入方企业所造成的经济损失,以及产品购入方企业所需要解决的问题也没有涉及,仅仅是道歉,这样的道歉非常空洞,也没有任何实际意义。延期交货的具体原因向用户阐明,如因为这一层面的问题造成了某些影响,可以通过和公司董事会或是高层管理人员沟通的方式找到解决问题的方案,并且给出针对这一问题的解决方案,此后阶段产品运输时会关注到选择备用海运公司以规避相同情况发生,由此可见后者无疑更有诚意,而且也能够更让外贸产品购入方企业满意,对于这一类型的道歉,产品够乳房用户也更容易接受,不会对双方企业后期阶段的贸易往来造成影响。