shipping is the most under-discussed thing on this board
shipping is the most under-discussed thing on this board. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. Clearance took three days and the carrier took nine. I had been blaming the wrong half for two years. Split one order across two months on purpose to compare summer and winter. Four days apart,…
Push back: comparing a July transit with a February one on the same lane is not a comparison.
Small fix — shipped from the regional warehouse, not from origin, which is why the number looks unusual.
That is the quoted lead time, not the observed transit. Both belong in the report and they are different columns.
a lane with four reports is not yet a lane
origin, destination, carrier, month — post all four or the report is noise
declared value and description are the shipper’s decision, ask what they use
7 days on a lane quoted at 7 is the shape you want