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Formation: V-ます stem + 次第; する-noun + 次第 (到着次第, 決定次第)

Means that Y will be done right after X happens. It is formal and very common in business emails, announcements and customer service. The main clause expresses an intention, a plan or a request about the future, so it is not used to narrate a past one-off event (you cannot say 家に着き次第、電話した). Compare 〜たとたん, which describes a past moment followed by something unexpected, and 〜や否や or 〜なり, which describe past events in narrative. Do not confuse it with 〜次第だ／次第で (depends on) or 〜次第です (that is why).

Examples

• 詳細が決まり次第、改めてご連絡いたします。
  We will contact you again as soon as the details have been decided.
• 到着次第、お電話ください。
  Please call me as soon as you arrive.
• 雨がやみ次第、試合を再開する予定です。
  We plan to resume the match as soon as the rain stops.

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