[Discussion] we are measuring reship at the wrong time and calling it noise
we are measuring reship at the wrong time and calling it noise. I have gone back and forth on this for months. Why this board reports by lane and not by supplier. Two members ordering from the same operation, in the same month, can see completely different transit times because they are on different routes with…
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.
A lane is an origin, a destination, a carrier and a season. Change any one and the distribution changes, which is why supplier-level shipping averages are close to meaningless.
Not convinced by four data points. That is not a lane yet, it is an anecdote with a route attached.
Median transit is the useful statistic. The minimum is a story about one shipment and the mean is dragged around by a single hold.
rigid outer packaging is the cheapest quality signal there is
That is the quoted lead time, not the observed transit. Both belong in the report and they are different columns.
no tracking numbers, ever
Origin, destination, carrier and month?