does carrier actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
does carrier actually matter or is it forum lore at this point. I am not trying to be the "source?" guy. I would just like a source.
Median transit is the useful statistic. The minimum is a story about one shipment and the mean is dragged around by a single hold.
A quoted lead time is a commitment you can evaluate. Measuring quoted against actual across several orders tells you more about an operation than the raw speed does.
Packaging is assessable on arrival with no equipment: rigid outer, no movement inside, the cold element sized to the transit rather than to the box.
If two or three other people have done the same thing we might actually learn something. Alone it is an anecdote.
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.
Posted my first lane report here without the month and got asked for it. Fair, and the table is better for the fussiness.
Regional stock replaces an international lane with a domestic one. That is a structural change to the distribution, not a marginal improvement, and it is why the warehouse question matters more than the carrier question.
rigid outer packaging is the cheapest quality signal there is
declared value and description are the shipper’s decision, ask what they use
declared value and description are the shipper’s decision, ask what they use
This is why the lane table is organised the way it is. The supplier is not the unit.
reship policy in writing before you order
Small fix — shipped from the regional warehouse, not from origin, which is why the number looks unusual.
the lane is the unit of analysis, not the supplier
a quoted lead time you can hold them to is worth more than a fast one you cannot
Origin, destination, carrier and month?
Do they publish a reship policy, and did you read it before ordering?
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