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c/intlshipping·submitted 5 months ago by u/nausea_notes

[Discussion] can we stop arguing about carrier until somebody posts a number

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Question in the title, detail here: can we stop arguing about carrier until somebody posts a number. The rigid outer with no rattle in it was the thing that told me most about that supplier, before I had tested anything. Why this board reports by lane and not by supplier. Two members ordering from the same operation,…

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u/cato_girard93 points·5 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/chidi_demir110 points·5 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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u/endotoxin_elliemicro129 points·5 months ago

A quoted lead time is a commitment you can evaluate.

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

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u/mikkel_correia-31 points·5 months ago

Origin, destination, carrier and month?

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u/coa_forgery_watch69 points·5 months ago

That is the quoted lead time, not the observed transit. Both belong in the report and they are different columns.

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u/rosa_sandvik37 points·5 months ago

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

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