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c/intlshipping·submitted 1 months ago by u/protein_first_p

shipping — 24 things I got wrong before I got it right

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shipping — 24 things I got wrong before I got it right. Change my mind, genuinely — I have no stake in being right about this. The regional stock question, and why it is the first thing I ask now. If a supplier holds the line you want in a warehouse in your own region, your order is a domestic shipment. No…

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u/vikram_mbeki3 points·1 months ago

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.

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u/hedda_adeyemi2 points·1 months ago

Median transit is the useful statistic. The minimum is a story about one shipment and the mean is dragged around by a single hold.

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u/lane_watchermod · logistics1 point·1 months ago

a quoted lead time you can hold them to is worth more than a fast one you cannot

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u/nausea_notesside effects1 point·1 months ago

a quoted lead time you can hold them to is worth more than a fast one you cannot

lane_watcher is right about regional stock. It changes the shape of the distribution, not just the mean.

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u/dhl_or_bustMOD2 points·1 months ago

Asked for the month rather than removing. Without it the report cannot be compared to anything.

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u/tove_ogunleye1 point·1 months ago

Correction: that was clearance time, not carrier time. The lane table separates them for exactly this reason.

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