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[Data] the lane table, updated: 41 lanes, median and 90th percentile
Quarterly update. 41 lanes, 900-odd data points, no tracking numbers ever. New this quarter: a quoted-versus-actual column, and p90 alongside the median, both of which…
International Shipping
c/intlshipping · created 20 Nov 2023
Lanes, carriers, transit variance. No tracking numbers.
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posted 3 days ago by u/line_demir
[Lane Report] Shanghai → UK, DHL, quoted 7 days, actual 9, cold pack solidShanghai → UK, DHL, quoted 7 days, actual 9, cold pack solid, which sounds obvious until you try to state the evidence for it. Pulling the figures out of the title: 7…
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posted 4 days ago by u/mariam_cabrera
[Data] the lane table, updated: 41 lanes, median and 90th percentilethe lane table, updated: 41 lanes, median and 90th percentile. I have gone back and forth on this for months. Why this board reports by lane and not by supplier. Two…
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posted 4 days ago by u/honest_syringe_pls
[Delay] two weeks in a transit hub, then delivered finetwo weeks in a transit hub, then delivered fine. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. Posted my first lane report here without the…
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posted 6 days ago by u/laila_wojcik
[Question] does carrier choice matter more than origin citydoes 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…
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posted 6 days ago by u/karim_hartmann
[PSA] no tracking numbers. they identify both ends. removed on sight.The one-line version is the title: no tracking numbers. they identify both ends. removed on sight. The rest is why. The rigid outer with no rattle in it was the thing…
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posted 8 days ago by u/renzo_asante
[Lane Report] Guangzhou → Australia, 11 days, ice pack gone but powder intactGuangzhou → Australia, 11 days, ice pack gone but powder intact. I have gone back and forth on this for months. The numbers the title promised, since a headline without…
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posted 10 days ago by u/emil_marchand
the mean transit time is useless, the 90th percentile is what melts your packthe mean transit time is useless, the 90th percentile is what melts your pack. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. Ordered from the…
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posted 12 days ago by u/lukas_delgado
[Lane Report] Wuxi → Germany, 8 days, best packaging i have seenWuxi → Germany, 8 days, best packaging i have seen. It is the sort of thing everyone half-believes and nobody writes down. 8 days — those are the numbers, and they are…
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[Discussion] reship policy is the most underrated vendor differentiator
reship policy is the most underrated vendor differentiator, which sounds obvious until you try to state the evidence for it. Four observations is not a distribution.…
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posted 17 days ago by u/vito_beaulieu
[Delay] customs held it 19 days and released it with no noteThe title is the argument: customs held it 19 days and released it with no note. Here is the rest of it. Since the title puts numbers in the shop window: 19 days.…
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posted 20 days ago by u/dhl_or_bust
[Lane Report] Tianjin → Canada, 14 days, two of three vials crackedTianjin → Canada, 14 days, two of three vials cracked. I have gone back and forth on this for months. 14 days — those are the numbers, and they are the ones I am…
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posted 23 days ago by u/line_demir
[Data] packaging quality by vendor, scored on five things, 60 shipmentsSomething I keep coming back to: packaging quality by vendor, scored on five things, 60 shipments. Posted my first lane report here without the month and got asked for…
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posted 26 days ago by u/archived_thread_a
three years of DHL threads, summarised so you do not have to read themthree years of DHL threads, summarised so you do not have to read them, and I am aware this is a minority view on this board. Kept a spreadsheet of quoted versus actual…
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posted 29 days ago by u/sock_puppet_spotter
Spain: carrier, and what it actually costs hereThe title is the argument: Spain: carrier, and what it actually costs here. Here is the rest of it. A lane is an origin, a destination, a carrier and a season. Change…
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posted 1 months ago by u/piotr_grimaldi
shipping is the most under-discussed thing on this boardshipping is the most under-discussed thing on this board. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. Clearance took three days and the carrier…
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posted 1 months ago by u/britta_boateng
[Discussion] lane is doing more work than we give it credit forlane is doing more work than we give it credit for, which sounds obvious until you try to state the evidence for it. Four observations is not a distribution. The lane…
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posted 1 months ago by u/yannick_petrov
[Meta] proposal — a flair for carrier postsproposal — a flair for carrier posts. Disagreement welcome, but bring a concrete alternative wording. Median transit is the useful statistic. The minimum is a story…
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posted 1 months ago by u/lane_watcher
[Question] Canada — has anyone got a straight answer on DHLTrying to get a straight answer on this: Canada — has anyone got a straight answer on DHL. A quoted lead time is a commitment you can evaluate. Measuring quoted against…
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posted 1 months ago by u/ignacio_vanhecke
[PSA] EMS is not what most of this community thinks it isEMS is not what most of this community thinks it is — with the reasoning, because a rule without a reason gets ignored. Packaging is assessable on arrival with no…
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posted 1 months ago by u/protein_first_p
shipping — 24 things I got wrong before I got it rightshipping — 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…
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posted 2 months ago by u/renzo_asante
does EMS actually matter or is it forum lore at this pointGenuine question, and the title is the question: does EMS actually matter or is it forum lore at this point. Posted my first lane report here without the month and got…
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posted 2 months ago by u/hedda_adeyemi
[Meta] the carrier rule is doing its job and people should stop complainingthe carrier rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining. Disagreement welcome, but bring a concrete alternative wording. Median transit is the useful…
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posted 2 months ago by u/transit_variance
[Question] France — has anyone got a straight answer on shippingSlightly embarrassed to be asking this, but: France — has anyone got a straight answer on shipping. Ordered from the warehouse in New Zealand instead of origin and the…
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posted 2 months ago by u/fabio_lehtinen
[Discussion] we are measuring reship at the wrong time and calling it noisewe are measuring reship at the wrong time and calling it noise. I have gone back and forth on this for months. Why this board reports by lane and not by supplier. Two…