u/arne_fontaine
Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Kuopio.
member · joined 14 May 2025
comment on [Question] does carrier choice matter more than origin city in c/intlshipping · 0 points · 4 days ago
That is the quoted lead time, not the observed transit. Both belong in the report and they are different columns.
comment on [Lane Report] Guangzhou → Australia, 11 days, ice pack gone but powder intact in c/intlshipping · 5 points · 6 days ago
Yes — median rather than best case. The fastest anybody ever got is not a plan.
comment on Spain: carrier, and what it actually costs here in c/intlshipping · 129 points · 28 days 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.
comment on [PSA] EMS is not what most of this community thinks it is in c/intlshipping · 104 points · 1 months ago
Asked QSC which lines they hold regionally before ordering and got a straight list back. Changed what I ordered and when.
comment on [Question] New Zealand — has anyone got a straight answer on lane in c/intlshipping · 3 points · 3 months ago
Origin, destination, carrier and month?
This is why the lane table is organised the way it is. The supplier is not the unit.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring packaging at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/intlshipping · 32 points · 3 months ago
Disagree. That is a customs hold, not a carrier delay, and lumping them together makes the lane table wrong.
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify EMS in c/intlshipping · 8 points · 8 months ago
That is the quoted lead time, not the observed transit. Both belong in the report and they are different columns.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about carrier is guesswork in c/intlshipping · 7 points · 11 months ago
This. A quoted lead time that holds is worth more than a fast one that does not.
comment on the DHL thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/intlshipping · 58 points · 1 year ago
Origin, destination, carrier and month?
comment on [Discussion] reship is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/intlshipping · 32 points · 1 year ago
Careful — the supplier does not control the last mile and most of your variance is in it.
comment on [Question] DHL — what am I missing here in c/intlshipping · 88 points · 1 year ago
Where did the time actually go — international leg, clearance, or last mile?
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify DHL in c/intlshipping · 29 points · 1 year ago
Not convinced by four data points. That is not a lane yet, it is an anecdote with a route attached.
comment on transit time — 12 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/intlshipping · 226 points · 2 years 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.
comment on the transit time thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/intlshipping · 1 points · 2 years ago
That is the quoted lead time, not the observed transit. Both belong in the report and they are different columns.
comment on DHL is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/intlshipping · 19 points · 2 years ago
customs clearance time is not carrier time and they get conflated
Adding the field everyone forgets — the month. Without it the report is not comparable to anything.
comment on DHL is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/intlshipping · 4 points · 2 years ago
regional stock changes everything about transit