Shifting sailing schedules and new inland corridors are changing how importers plan buffer stock.
Carriers have rebuilt their loops over the last two seasons, and the practical effect for shippers is a wider spread between the fastest and slowest option on the same lane.
The importers handling this well are the ones who stopped treating transit time as a fixed input. They model it as a range, hold buffer stock against the upper end, and book the premium service only for the lines that actually earn it.
Our planning teams rebuild lane models every quarter, so the transit assumptions behind your safety stock stay tied to what carriers are really sailing.
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