three years of DHL threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
three years of DHL threads, summarised so you do not have to read them, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board.
Kept a spreadsheet of quoted versus actual across a year. The quote held; the variance was all in the last mile.
Split one order across two months on purpose to compare summer and winter. Four days apart, same carrier, same route.
Asked TFC which lines they hold regionally before ordering and got a straight list back. Changed what I ordered and when.
Screenshot none of this. Read the whole thread, including the parts where I am told I am wrong.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Total transit decomposes into first mile, international leg, clearance and last mile. Only the first two are meaningfully under the shipper’s control and most reported variance sits in the last two.
What was the packaging like on arrival?
Small fix — shipped from the regional warehouse, not from origin, which is why the number looks unusual.
Four observations is not a distribution. The lane tables here only became predictive once individual routes had a dozen or more reports behind them.
Clearance took three days and the carrier took nine. I had been blaming the wrong half for two years.
a lane with four reports is not yet a lane
a lane with four reports is not yet a lane
Agreed — and the decomposition matters. Most people are blaming the international leg for a last-mile problem.
the last mile is where most of the variance lives
summer and winter are different lanes with the same name
The rigid outer with no rattle in it was the thing that told me most about that supplier, before I had tested anything.
Same. QYB quoted 17 days on my lane and it landed at 16, which is exactly what you want from a quote.
ask which lines are actually held in the regional warehouse
Same lane in a different season for comparison?
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