Planning inbound stock from Shanghai: reading the transit chart

A transit range is a planning tool, not a promise. Here is how to turn the published delivery windows into a reorder point that does not run dry.

Planning inbound stock from Shanghai: reading the transit chart

We publish a delivery-time range for every destination we ship to. The range exists because transit genuinely varies: courier, service level, route and destination customs all move the number. Used properly, it is enough to plan stock without guessing.

Read the range, not the midpoint

Weekend clusters, near destinations such as the United States and Japan, sit at the fast end of the chart; consolidated freight to South America sits at the slow end. Plan the reorder point from the slow end of the range you are quoted, and the fast end becomes your buffer.

Match the service to the shipment

  • Samples and urgent replenishment move by international express
  • Volume orders move by consolidated air or sea freight, which trades transit time for freight cost
  • Tell us the destination port and the required date and we will propose the method that fits both

Where our orders actually go

The market mix on the store record is led by Eastern Europe at 23%, South America at 15% and North America at 11%, followed by Central America, Southeast Asia, Northern Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, South Asia, Western Europe and Southern Europe. Most destinations on the chart are therefore destinations we already ship to regularly.

Give us the destination port, product, quantity and required delivery date, and the reply will include the service level and an indicative freight cost rather than a single transit number.

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Topics in this guide

  • sea freight transit time from Shanghai
  • import tape from China lead time
  • shipping tape from Shanghai to Europe
  • inbound stock planning
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