Lara GuevaraSupply Chain expert (Product and Service)

Score Your SKUs Before You Ship

26 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Lara Guevara says not every product should ship on DDP terms. Score your SKUs against five risk factors: bulky items, low margins, high duties, past emergency air shipments, and seasonal deadlines. If a SKU hits two or more, consider switching to FOB terms with your supplier.

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Not every product should stay on DDP shipping terms. Some SKUs carry much higher risk under DDP. Bulky products where freight represents a large percentage of cost, low margin products that cannot absorb freight increases, high duty products, products that have required emergency air shipment before, and seasonal products with strict launch deadlines. If an SKU fits two or more of these categories, DDP risk may be too high. Those are the products to evaluate first when considering FOB shipping. Score your top 5 SKUs against those risk factors. Start a conversation with your supplier where the risk is highest.