On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:07:33 +0100, David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jul 10, 2006, at 4:40 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> So, 4000kgs is not a large quantity, it's rather small actually when a >> single container is 10 times that. Remeber we are talking items >> that run >> around 1kg in packaging and are produced in quntities of 30,000+ a >> month. Shipments are not going to be 4000kgs > > Most consumer goods travel by sea, unless they need to get there > yesterday. Retailers apply far too much price-pressure to allow air > freight unless there's no alternative. Depends what sort of goods you are talking about. If the product is small, light, of high value, and out of stock, then there are very good reasons for using airfreight. John > > I used to work for an industrial electronics manufacturer and a > number of project meetings I attended had some interesting > discussions about freight and packaging. Those who attend meetings > regularly will understand how a discussion about freight could > possibly seem interesting. > > - Dave > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
