[Question] does carrier choice matter more than origin city
does carrier choice matter more than origin city. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months. Same lane, four orders, 12 to 16 days, all four within a couple of days of the quote. That consistency is the actual finding. Regional stock replaces an international lane with a…
Yes — regional stock is the single biggest variable and it barely gets mentioned outside this board.
customs clearance time is not carrier time and they get conflated
Not convinced by four data points. That is not a lane yet, it is an anecdote with a route attached.
Asked HJ which lines they hold regionally before ordering and got a straight list back. Changed what I ordered and when.
Yes — median rather than best case. The fastest anybody ever got is not a plan.
Four observations is not a distribution. The lane tables here only became predictive once individual routes had a dozen or more reports behind them.
The rigid outer with no rattle in it was the thing that told me most about that supplier, before I had tested anything.