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c/intlshipping·submitted 10 months ago by u/freya_baptista

[Discussion] we are measuring lane at the wrong time and calling it noise

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we are measuring lane at the wrong time and calling it noise — a position I have arrived at slowly and would like tested. Where the time actually goes, which I got wrong for two years. Total transit is first mile, international leg, customs clearance and last mile. I had been attributing everything to the…

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u/neha_mwangi116 points·10 months ago

Yes — median rather than best case. The fastest anybody ever got is not a plan.

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u/chidi_demir29 points·10 months ago

Yes — median rather than best case.

This is why the lane table is organised the way it is. The supplier is not the unit.

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u/zaid_balogun18 points·10 months ago

Packaging is assessable on arrival with no equipment: rigid outer, no movement inside, the cold element sized to the transit rather than to the box.

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u/wholesome_lurker10 points·10 months ago

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

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u/ice_pack_auditcold chain8 points·10 months ago

A quoted lead time is a commitment you can evaluate. Measuring quoted against actual across several orders tells you more about an operation than the raw speed does.

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[removed]6 points·10 months ago

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u/amara_haddad3 points·10 months ago

the last mile is where most of the variance lives

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