Til LEI�A HJ� S�R e�a CIF, �essi er the Spurning

fyrstur t�mi innflytjandi, og jafnvel �essir me� reynsla, vera enn unsure hvort til innkaup fr� birg�asali � LEI�A HJ� S�R e�a CIF skilm�lar. LEI�A HJ� S�R og CIF ert tveir af the vins�ll incoterms og skilningur �� er mikilv�gur. Fyrstur, LEI�A HJ� S�R kyrrsta�a fyrir ‘ frj�ls um bor�’ og CIF kyrrsta�a fyrir ‘ kostna�ur, �byrg� & Fragt’.

Hven�r �tsmoginn �inn land- kostna�ur, the �rl�ti gr�r sv��i s�rstaklega fyrir n�r innflytjandi, er � kring the “ � the vatn” hluti af the fer�. �ess vegna, �� mega vilja til �huga fri�s�ll �inn v�gsla, e�a � minnstur �inn fyrstur r��, CIF � sta�inn af LEI�A HJ� S�R ef �� vilja the minnstur magn af koma � �vart. H�r er a bjartur �tsk�ring af hva�a er �akinn me� LEI�A HJ� S�R og CIF:

Kaupandi& Seljandi �byrg� fyrir LEI�A HJ� S�R vs. CIF

�j�nusta	Lei�a hj� s�r	CIF
V�rugeymsla Geymsla	Seljandi	Seljandi
V�rugeymsla Labor	Seljandi	Seljandi
�tflutningur P�kkun	Seljandi	Seljandi
Hle�sla �k�ra	Seljandi	Seljandi
Sem er innarlega � landi e�a fylki Fragt	Seljandi	Seljandi
Umfer�ami�st�� k�ra	Seljandi	Seljandi
Flutningami�lari Fees	Kaupandi	Seljandi
Hle�sla � �l�t	Seljandi	Seljandi
�thaf/ Loft Fragt& �byrg�	Kaupandi	Seljandi
�k�ra � Koma � �kv�r�unarsta�ur	Kaupandi	Kaupandi
Skylda, Taxes, & Tollafgrei�sla	Kaupandi	Kaupandi
Sending Til �kv�r�unarsta�ur	Kaupandi	Kaupandi

Svo… �� mega vera asking hvers vegna �� mynda� af should not’ alltaf innkaup vara CIF � sta�inn af Lei�a hj� s�r? There ert sumir g��ur �st��a. Fyrir ford�mi:

1. Samanbur�ur Eplastappa til Eplastappa Kostna�ur Yfir - Hven�r vitna � CIF, �� hafa neitun vegur af raunverulega hygginn the bilun af kostna�ur. �eir ) m�guleiki vera tr�� a s�rstakur kostna�ur fyrir auka�j�nusta gr��i e�a �eir mega vera tilb�inn �ungbr�nn the kostna�ur af the eigur og transferr�n kostna�ur til the skipast�ll/ �byrg� hli� af the jafna. Ef �inn’ �tlit til finna the gera �d�ran framlei�andi af the vara sig yfir margfeldi , �ess’ au�veldlega til bera saman eplastappa til eplastappa using Lei�a hj� s�r.

2. �inn Skipast�ll/ �byrg� Umbo�sma�ur Mega Vera Gera �d�ran � me�an st�r � d�miger�an h�tt hafa g��ur samband me� fragt flutningami�lari, skipast�ll f�lagi og the eins og, dont’ vanmat �inn eiga geta til semja fyrir g��ur hlutfall annar hvor. Ef the l�gri land- kostna�ur er mikilv�gur til ��, gera sumir s�mi kalla eins og heilbrig�ur. Vi� pers�nulega m�la me� undirsta�a � reynsla�refaldur �rn.

3. T�kif�ri til Byggja Samband S�rstaklega eins og �� vaxa �inn innflutningur h�ttuspil, bygging samband me� the �rl�ti tala af f�lagi geta fara a langur vegur. Vi� p�tt allur �inn eggjaskurn � the birg�asali karfa, �inn’ tying sj�lfur til �essi birg�asali. �a� mega vera her�a til rofi � the framt�� ef nau�synlegur ef �inn’ �vitandi af allur the sm�atri�i af �inn fundarger�ir.

Eins og �� geta sj�, there ert hagur til velja LEI�A HJ� S�R og CIF. �a� r�ttl�tur r��ast af � �inn eiga s�rstakur �stand. Hvernig sem vi� von this hlutur br��abirg�a- this sv��i a hluti bjartur.

Febr�ar 1, 2008 | Skr� UndirA�dr�ttir | 5 Athugasemd

Afferma G�mur Vera Tilb�inn Hven�r the Eigur Land!

There ert a tala af breyta og hindrun til �huga hven�r afferma a g�mur og SourceJuice hefur �� akinn me� reynslu- vitneskja ��ur �inn g�mur koma.

Verkf�rask�r af the Vi�skipti
Ef �� hafa alltaf � uppn�mi � a b�ll �� ert me�vitandi �essi the r�ttur verkf�rask�r gera allur the mismunur. Afferma a g�mur er neitun �l�kur � this vir�a. H�r ert sumir af the sameiginlegur atri�i �� xl hafa tilb�inn.

Hle�sla skipakv� ** g�mur ert ekki eins og the “ fr�belgur” eining �essi ert f�r til vera renna burt the v�rub�ll til j�r� l�r�ttur fl�tur. Sj� ni�ri fyrir �inn valkostur til koma s�r hj� this ��rf.

Krossvi�ur/ skran/ rampur hle�sla skipakv� gera ekki alltaf stilla upp � r�� me� the v�rub�ll, a l�till rampur mega vera �urfa.

Geymsla leikni

Forklift & stj�rnandi

Palletjack the forklift sk�halli’ vera kosinn alls sta�ar. � samlagning, brotinn rimlakassi geta vera h�nd afferma til a palletjack og hr�r�ur � this h�ttur.

R�ttur l�sing jafnvel ef �a� er dagslj�s, �a� geta enn vera dimma n�l�gur the endir af the g�mur. �a� mega vera nau�synlegur til �ekkja the merking � the rimlakassi til jafningi me� the p�kkun listi.

A�d�andi ( r��ast af � hiti) & v�kvi �a� geta f� �tr�legur heitur inni g�mur, dv�l kaldur og dv�l h�dra.

Gr�ma & hanski the g�mur ert margir sinnum sv�la �t me� efni og koma �kaflega rykugur. � me�an the afferma a�fer� �essir ska�legur �gn geta ver�a loft - bear. Gr�ma og hanski ert �inn undirst��u- af �ryggi m�l.

Hamar, baul og h�nd- saga r��ast af � �inn vara, the eigur ert � d�miger�an h�tt pakki � sumir tegund afWPM (vi�ur pakki efni), rimlakassi, etc. The rimlakassi ert gr�fur t�ska saman me� naglrek e�a skr�fa. Vera me�vitandi �essi �essir rimlakassi ert sumir sinnum stakkur og geta vera ska�i � flutningur. � samlagning there vilja ekki vera mikill r�m � milli the rimlakassi til vinna, b�ast vi� til afferma the allur g�mur og �� taka upp.

Auka�j�nusta par af snerti� ekki og feet ( verkama�ur) � h�nd

Myndav�l & minnispunktur fyrir minnispunktur, skr�, ska�i og galla�ur vara skyldur uses.

P�kkun listi, s�mi reikningur fyrir a�dr�ttir snerting og tollur mi�lari

Quickbooks e�a annar skr� kerfi setja � emb�tti og tilb�inn fyrir innganga.

T�mi
T�mi er af the kjarni hven�r afferma a g�mur. Gera allur �inn undirb�ningur � undan ) af t�mi svo �essi the afferma a�fer� geta vera a gola. Vi�urv�ri � hugur there ert a einhver fj�ldi af f�lk, sta�ur og atbur�ur til stj�rna ekki minna en hver kostna�ur peningar ef tefja eiga s�r sta�. Hvor heimilis- fragt fyrirt�ki vilja vera �l�kur, en � me�an a sending, a almennur regla er: fyrstur 2 �rat�mi ert frj�ls, $60/hr eftir �a�. Kalla the fyrirt�ki providing that a�dr�ttir fyrir sending og finna �t �eirra l�gregla.

Neitun Hle�sla Skipakv�?
Tr�a �a� e�a ekki, this er a sameiginlegur vandam�l fyrir the “ n�lega innflytjandi”. Margir sinnum v�rugeymsla ert enn undir sm��i e�a a�st��ur aldrei - arise �essi �urfa svo sem a ��rf fyrir daglega vi�skipti. Ef this er �inn vi�skipti n�, f� a skipakv� �a� vilja spara �� t�mi og peningar! � the me�alvegur t�mi h�r ert �inn valkostur:

Kross- skipakv� the g�mur til a v�rugeymsla leikni �essi geta afferma �inn g�mur og hla�a aftur �a� til a �b�� r�m. Ef �� hafa g�� kaup tollur mi�lari �eir geta ra�a this fyrir a tala af fees og sumir talsver�ur kostna�ur. This a�fer� vilja �urfa �essi the vara vera � forklift vingjarnlegur bretti e�a rimlakassi. Ef �eir ert ekki, �huga having �� recrated � the v�rugeymsla hvar �eir vilja vera kross- hafnarverkama�ur this er raunverulegur d�r. St�r flatbytna v�rub�ll ert laus me� “ gr�s- bak” forklifts e�a �� geta taka � leigu �inn eiga. Minnispunktur �essi the forklifts �essi koma me� the st�r flatbytna � d�miger�an h�tt ert nota�ur fyrir m�rsteinn bretti ( � a m�rsteinaverksmi�ja) og �ess vegna hafa fremur st�r �reytandi. St��va the st�r� af �inn sending sta�setning’ dyra�rep ��ur h�nd. Fleiri uppl�singar skyldmenni til the kostna�ur af this a�fer� geta vera reisa � a n�legur Sourcejuice hlutur: Gr�ftur D�pka Raunverulegur Land- Kostna�ur Athuga.
Afferma the g�mur vi� h�nd. This er a sl�mur hugmynd fyrir a tala af �st��a, en �� ver�a a� leika the spilahrappur �� ert samningur. �G hafa afferma a 20ft g�mur af pappakassi pakki eldh�s sk�pur me� 4-5 verkama�ur fyrir 4 �rat�mi. �G kalla yfir sig kostna�ur fr� the sending fyrirt�ki for extra time and the workers. The container also showed up late which cost in extra man hours. Typically no matter what you buy from China it will likely be heavy and several feet off the ground, this is not a recipe for success.
Borrow a loading dock. Find a trusted company that will allow you to schedule delivery to their location where you can unload. You may consider working out an arrangement for storing your product at their location. What ever you decide, as long as you get the product on the ground, the sky is the limit.

Packaging
To make your import venture the most profitable, you need to get as much product on the container as possible. As with anything in this world, you get what you pay for. Expect to open your container and find wood crates, cardboard cartons or pallets packed all aligned tightly together. Sometimes the product will be stacked on top of one another. Remember, packing a container is not a science, when the factory makes the order they can not account for all variables and sizes. I have ordered granite and not all of it would fit once the order was complete. “We’ll catch those countertops on the next order”, is another great reason to do inventory first thing upon arrival as you hope the factory informed you of this before the container left China (you never know). There are also weight requirements on containers, so once you hit the mark, that is it. Check out a recent Sourcejuice article on WPM or Wood Packaging Material and how it can affect you at the border.

Inventory/Broken Products/Model Numbers
Your first mission is to unload the entire container and perform an inventory of your shipment. That sounds so easy, but it becomes much more than trivial once the container is standing in front of you. It takes enough time to just unload the crates from the container. Some of your crates will not be sturdy enough to make it the entire trip. Expect to rest the forklift operator for a while and carefully unpack these crates by hand.

You can’t exactly ask for a refund! So why do you care?
What is done, is not done! The factory should give you a credit for the broken items that did not make the trip. Check out one of SourceJuice’s articles, “Does China Have a Return Policy?” for additional strategies and information. Your cargo insurance will not cover damages unless the entire container was a loss. This is where the camera and notepad come into play. The factory will want proof of the damage. You can’t expect them to ask for the items back can you? It is best to unpack the entire container, unpackage the material, sort, organize and inventory it. Quickbooks has a great inventory tool built in if you buy the right version. Start off on the right “business foot”, once your business gets going you may never have another opportunity to get it straight. Work with the factory during the ordering process to ensure you have a unique model numbering system for your products. Plan ahead, keep the same scheme across different factories and ensure there is room to expand. I can not tell you how many importers I have witnessed with the most distressing of inventory systems (or none) in place.

Defective Products
Test, Test, Test that is all there is to say. Do not assume that because the crate looks fine or the product itself looks fine that all is okay. I will give you an example. I purchased over 100 stainless steel kitchen sinks, unpacked the container, unwrapped the boxes and was satisfied with the product. It wasn’t until the sinks were installed in one of our construction projects that we realized during a home owner walk-through that all of the water would not drain from the sink. There were small pools left around the drain, which were tell-tale signs of defective material. Test your products, one from every crate if possible. It would have been disastrous if we had sold the sinks on the retail market.

Storage Options

Storage Containers (onsite) - Depending on your industry and product, you may want to store your materials onsite for easy installation. If the goods are heavy this may be a good idea. I have purchased and rented a number of containers from ContainerTech out of Georgia and they ship nationally. Prices range starting at $1,400 for aluminum containers to buy and $300 a month to rent. Remember, the container the product arrives in has to go back with the delivery truck.
Self Storage Units make sure the complex can handle turn radiuses for semi-trucks or flatbeds.
Warehouse

Be Prepared for Anything
Even the best planning in the world can’t account for everything. I have seen entire shipments intricately planned and still there are unforseeable circumstances like the forklifts were unable to clear loading bay doors. Make sure you have allowed for extra help, workers, time and flexibility in delivery methods. Figure out an exit strategy or backup plan. Time to unload containers is costly, don’t lose that “imported from China” landed cost at the final hour.

Don’t Forget Insurance
So your shipment has arrived safely, categorized and inventoried. Don’t forget to insure it wholesale goods in unmanned warehouses are a thieves best friend. Remember, thefts can occur as inside and outside jobs. Make sure you have proper security measures in place to detour theft. Again, plan ahead if you are going to install cameras or burglar alarm systems. Theft is another major cost that can increase your landed price per item! If you are using onsite storage containers, consider MobilMini they have incredible locking systems for their containers.

Good luck, it is all on you. If you need our help we are always here. SourceJuice

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January 27, 2008 | Filed Under Logistics | Leave a Comment

Top 10 Cool Uses for Shipping Containers

Do not adjust your computer screens, in this week’s article we will examine the unnatural phenomena of cool uses for shipping containers. It’s not just all work and no play here at SourceJuice!

1. Restaurants/Cafe I’ll bet you’ve all seen the red UK style buses converted into quaint hamburger joints, but never a shipping container turned into ritzy New York contemporary cafe.

2. MythBusters- these guys have found countless uses for shipping containers including explosion/blast bunkers, catapults, Evil Knievel style launch ramps you name it.

Myth Busters

3. Datacenters

Sun Blackbox

Blackbox pic 2

Technology is my first love. Sun Microsystem’s “Project Blackbox” is a prototype of the world’s first datacenter built into a shipping container and optimized to deliver extreme energy, space, and performance efficiencies to locations as diverse as deserts, disaster zones or even Mars. A complete datacenter ready to ship anywhere, just drop it on site and add power and connectivity and you’re up and running!

4. Art & Oragami

Oragami

The newly completed Nestle Chocolate Museum in Mexico City, designed by Rojkind Arquitectos, resembles an origami shipping container of sorts and serves as a public space where visitors can learn about and witness the production of Nestle chocolate. The most incredible fun fact about this structure is that it was completed in 2.5 months from start to finish, including design and construction.

Art

5. Houses & Living [high end/luxury]

Zigloo Lux Housing

Zigloo Residential Design has some great concepts for the luxury home market, coming to a town near you.

6. Other Housing

12 container housing.

7. Museums

Exterior Museum

Inside Museum

The Nomadic Museum is the name given to a temporary structure composed of 156 shipping containers, housing the Ashes and Snow photography exhibit of Gregory Colbert.

Gregory Colbert originally conceived of the idea for a sustainable traveling museum in 1999. He envisioned a structure that could easily be assembled in ports of call around the world, providing a transitory environment for his work on its global journey.

8. Septic Tanks eeewwww…Check out the patent, nuff said.

Shipping Container Septic 1

Shipping Container Septic Diagram

9. Rocket Launcher

Rocket Launcher

*Just Kidding*

10. Container Cities

Container City

Urban Space Management’s Container City projects in London and elsewhere in the UK. As one of the designers in this video explains, the containers are initially manufactured to such precise specifications, that they only vary from each other a couple millimeters. Thus, they are comparatively much simpler to assemble and deal with than traditional building materials.

Check out more on shipping container architecture on Wikipedia.

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