I\'m seeing a mix of Einsteins & Smart Bee 400\'s along with VBM\'s in my future. Probably 1 VBM, 1 Einstein and 1 B400 to start ... adding more when the Smart Bees arrive.
Paul ... I appreciate the detailed and translucent explanation regarding international shipping. I know that when I have shipped items to other FM\'ers around the world (different scale of economy I realize) finding a shipping solution that didn\'t \'kill me\' was a trick, but fortunately the \'customer\' was always very understanding of the reality of those shipping costs and accepted the need to pay for them or I would be \'eating the costs\'.
Others may suggest that you could do better on shipping, but many will overlook the balancing act between shipping costs, shipping quantity, production lead times, backlog management, delivery times to other customers, inventory costs, coordinating multiple vendors and a few other issues that come into play behind the scenes in manufacturing & distribution.
On paper, and in theory it seems very simple ... but in reality it is not as straightforward as it would seem to those who have never had to actually contend with getting manufacturing to market on an international basis. I\'ve had to work against these factors many times in my plight to optimize efficiency for production, maintenance & reliability in various industries over the years.
Sep 08, 2010 at 07:59 AM
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