Comments on: Can Transit Time Be Guaranteed

By: Kate Lisson

Kate Lisson — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 22:43:35 +0000

In reply to Keila Marken. When you are shipping to a retailer that has strict delivery window requirements, or a MABD (Must Arrive By Date). Missing these delivery dates and / or times may result in chargebacks of around 3% of the value of the purchase order. So if an order valued at $50,000 was early or late, you’d pay a $1500 fine. Paying extra for guaranteed LTL shipping is a small investment.

By: Keila Marken

Keila Marken — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:50:35 +0000

The standard guaranteed delivery is a 5:00pm guarantee, meaning that your freight must be delivered by 5pm on the date of delivery you specify. The 5:00pm guarantee is the most common and most used guarantee. Another commonly used guarantee is the 12 Noon guarantee, where your freight must be delivered by 12 Noon on the specified date of delivery.

By: Hunt Merchent

Hunt Merchent — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 22:43:57 +0000

In reply to Denis Roneld. Similarly, if the delivery is required for an installation in new construction or as a repair or replacement. For example, if you are shipping a stainless steel fermentation tank to a new brewery, it needs to arrive when the construction team needs it so that it can be installed and not cause delays to their build-out schedule.

By: Denis Roneld

Denis Roneld — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 19:48:57 +0000

Some will bury the transit time calculator deep within their website, when transit times are lengthy, choosing instead to focus on low cost, low claims ratio, etc. Either way, all LTL carriers have something in common as they do not include the day of pick up in their transit time calculations, nor do they include weekends or Holidays.