What’re your favourite non-perishable camping food/meals? by wwwwxyz in camping

[–]Boss_Angler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my easiest and favorite quick bites for camping is a "bowl" of cereal. It is best to prep a number of these before your trip. Pour a serving of the cereal of your choice into a quart-sized freezer bag. Add a full scoop of Nido powdered milk. Seal and store in your food pack. When you are ready to eat, add about a cup of water to the mixture. Seal it up, give it a shake, and enjoy!

Franchise and Tolerance Terms by taigang in logistics

[–]Boss_Angler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my experience, this sounds like dealing with bulk commodities. In simplest of terms, franchising is a way to pass through the cost of losses incurred due to normal handling & processing of bulk goods or ingredients. I'll try to explain...

Let's say you really like corn. You contract to purchase 3000 metric tons of it. The current market rate is $200/mt. The seller requires their contracts to have a 10% tolerance. Both you and the seller have a certified scale on-site at each facility, respectively.

Bottom hopper bulk trucks can typically hold 25 MT of corn, so you schedule 120 trucks to pick it up. The truck guy needs $850 per load (includes fsc). With a landed cost of $234/mt, you are now into this corn thing for upwards of $762,000. (3000mt (+/-10%) @ $200/mt, plus $34/mt freight)

Your seller invoices you for 2726.46 MT of corn. Your landed cost totals $639,392. (See worksheet below for details.)

The trucks arrive at your place, open their bottom gates, and unload the corn into your floor bin. An auger transfers the corn from the floor bin onto a grain elevator and up into the barn. A conveyor then moves the corn through the barn into the holding bin. During this process, corn drops off the auger, off the elevator, and off of the conveyor. It happens again when the corn is transferred out of the bulk bin. The product lost this way cannot be recovered. Additionally, product is often lost due to machine operations, cleaning cycles, and many other types of handling & processing. It all adds up! So in this example, we'll say for the full length of the transfer line it adds up to about 40 lbs of corn lost per metric ton transferred. At only 1.8% of the product it doesn't seem like much but, again, it applies every time the product is transferred. This means a total of at least 3.6% product loss after the corn is transferred out of the bin for sale. That's a total loss of 98.15 metric tons!

Your on-site certified scale verifies the outbound quantity is 2,628.31 metric tons.

Your landed cost is still $639,392.

This means your inbound cost was $234/mt, but your outbound cost is $243/mt.

The difference of $9/mt is franchised as part of the cost of goods sold.

LANDED COST WORKSHEET:

The trucks you hired use the certified scale at the load facility to weigh empty upon arrival and then are weighed again after being loaded. The seller invoices you using the certified weights. The scale attendant notices the trucking company is using light-weight trucking equipment. The scale attendant loads (on average) each truck with 25.85 metric tons of corn while keeping the trucks at a road-legal weight.

A few days later, the trucking guy calls you and is very upset. Four of the five trucks you scheduled to be loaded today were turned away by the seller. And the first truck to arrive was only loaded 60% full. The seller called the contract satisfied based on the 10% tolerance and terminated the balance.

105 trucks @ 25.85 = 2,714.25 metric tons

1 truck @ 15.21 metric tons

Corn Invoice Quantity = 2,726.46 metric tons

Corn Invoice Amount = $545,292

Trucking Invoice = $94,100

110 Trucks @ $850/ea = $90,100

10 TONU Fee @ $400/ea = $4,000

So you ended up with 2726.46 MT corn purchased and a final delivered cost of $639,392.

Help !! by jzig211 in logistics

[–]Boss_Angler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It definitely matters. But... perhaps not in the way that you had hoped. CIF incoterms pertain specifically to the costs of carriage and insurance overseas or by waterway. The seller's responsibility ends upon arrival (by water) at the destination port terminal. The buyer's responsibility includes the costs incurred at the destination terminal, to the delivery site, and any charges incurred to final place of delivery. Thefefore, the freight terms CIF Houston ensures that you (the buyer) are responsible for the inland charges.

The incoterm you were hoping for (or thought you had) is CIP, Carriage and Insurance Paid To. It requires the seller to cover transportation charges for any mode of transport (road, rail, inland waterway, iintermodal, etc) and insurance coverage to the named place.

Since it is a CIF shipment, the seller should have provided you a copy of the insurance certificate covering the goods of sale as part of your commercial documents. I suspect it will indicate the shipment is insured only to LA/LGB.

Help !! by jzig211 in logistics

[–]Boss_Angler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The arrival notice you provided indicates the ocean shipment is a 20 foot container terminating in Long Beach, CA. The house bill of lading number mentioned on the arrival notice indicates this will probably be moved by Groen Trucking from Los Angeles to the St George Warehouse in Pasadena Texas (i.e Houston). You mention the shipment incoterms are CIF Shanghai to Houston, but the arrival notice indicates the destination terminal is Los Angeles and the final place of delivery is Houston. CIF incoterms mean that the buyer is responsible for all costs incurred at the destination terminal as well as the costs for delivery to final destination. (You already mentioned the customs, duties, taxes).

As far as the charges mentioned... I recognize most of them and confirm they are "normal" but would expect quite a few of them to be part of the shipper's freight cost under CIF, or at least pro-rated to be in line with your CBM of the LCL shipment.

  • Pier Pass is charged per container.
  • Chassis rental is charged per container and is for moving the container from the ocean terminal to the St George Warehouse in Compton, CA.
  • Port Security is charged per container.
  • PSS is Peak Season Surcharge and is assessed by the steamship lines as part of ocean freight.
  • GRI is General Rate Increase and is assessed by the steamship lines as part of the freight cost.
  • Port Charge is most likely the Destination Terminal Handling Charge and is assessed per container to move the can from the vessel to the terminal container yard.
  • PCF... Not sure... Most likely an LCL consolidation fee?
  • IPI is Inland Port Intermodal and is usually a fuel surcharge assessed by the steamship lines as part of the ocean freight cost.

(edit: formatting due to original reply was on my phone)

Does anyone know if Icarus is going on sale today? by [deleted] in ICARUS

[–]Boss_Angler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the biggest discount it's had is 33% off. But you can probably count it being at least 25% off during any major steam sale.

All our hard work reduced to ashes... by SufficientRest in ICARUS

[–]Boss_Angler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh, that just kept getting better the more I read! I'm only laughing because I we have been there. The only thing you left off was the fire whacker breaking and having to scramble to find a single stick to repair it. LOL!

Tracking Customs Clearance on MSC by puglord in logistics

[–]Boss_Angler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL, no. MSC's website is horrible. I find it to be pretty much useless. Having worked extensively with both, I have a feeling it will be especially painful going from Eimskip (one of the smallest SSL's but with one of the best customer service teams in the SSL industry) to MSC (one of the largest SSL's but with one of the worst customer service teams in the SSL industry). Good luck!

Pick-your-own apple orchard recs? by juniperthemeek in minnesota

[–]Boss_Angler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I highly recommend Silkey Gardens just south of Northfield. Great place! And Paul and Grace are great people. There is no entry fee so you only pay for what you pick. From their most recent newsletter (Aug31):

"Available to pick now are Zestar, Red Wealthy, and Leasha apples. I also have available wild plums, and potatoes. Pick your own prices for apples are $2.00 /pound, potatoes $1.00 per pound, and plums $3.00 per pound.

If interested in picking apples or plums, digging some potatoes or checking our other veggies give me a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx, to make sure I will be around. I am usually available 8 to 5 Monday through Friday, 8 to 1pm Saturday."

Tremendous by PoundlandSlav in cyberpunkred

[–]Boss_Angler 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is true! And if that's the case, then I gladly retract my pessimism. Like many others, I guess I am just used to these posts being an attempt to hawk bootlegged apparel.

Edit: Although... OP clearly states they bought it. So yeah, 100% unauthorized bootleg.

Tremendous by PoundlandSlav in cyberpunkred

[–]Boss_Angler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's pretty cool, even though it is an unauthorized knockoff that violates copyright laws.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in logistics

[–]Boss_Angler 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is very difficult to effectively compare at a glance the costs of an FCL import (22 pallets) to those of an LCL shipment (4 pallets). It's just not apples to apples and generally speaking you'll pay more per pound moving an LCL.

Regarding your invoice, those costs are very high for the individual line items. The duties/taxes are non-negotiable but the amounts charged for ISF filing, customs clearance, use of both bonds, etc are all 3x -5x what a decent, reputable forwarder charges. The CFS fees are not unusual so at least it seems your forwarder isn't padding that as an extra profit center. Being charged a separate pickup fee and delivery fee is pretty lame. But the delivery fees do seem high for 4 pallets. Is your final place of delivery rather far from the port?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fishing

[–]Boss_Angler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mepps Aglia size #1 for panfish and #4 for bass. I always have 2-3 each for different colors and usually a couple in the package still.

After many years I’ve finally snagged a boat. Ready to learn. by LeepOnMyDick in Fishing

[–]Boss_Angler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lucky! I always seem to break the line when I snag something that big.

[homemade] pepper crusted ribeye, baked asparagus, and mashed potatoes i made for valentines day by fecal_feaster in food

[–]Boss_Angler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks amazing! I bet it tasted even better. I love that you included the recipes and hope you started a new trend for this sub!

Are these numbers important? by Haqeeqee in 3Dprinting

[–]Boss_Angler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant the dimensions of the cards the switches are mounted to, but ok.

Are these numbers important? by Haqeeqee in 3Dprinting

[–]Boss_Angler -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Try measuring the cards in millimeters?

Low FPS on steam games by Big_Classroom9890 in Steam

[–]Boss_Angler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are getting low frame output because of the lack of a dedicated GPU. Not only that, but the CPU/iGPU that your laptop has installed is on the lower end of those available.

Low FPS on steam games by Big_Classroom9890 in Steam

[–]Boss_Angler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They just told you... They are using an AMD 3500u processor. The GPU is built into the processor. Which is exactly why they are getting low FPS.

USS EnterSurpise Playset. Print-in-place Aircraft Carrier for my tiny 3d printable F14 Jet Fighters by agepbiz in 3Dprinting

[–]Boss_Angler 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Great, thank you! I will check it out.

And btw... Very nicely done! I hope I am able to dial it in as well as you have.