The planning of warehouse “put away” assignments so that inventory can be moved from one shipment to another on a dock without movement to a rack or warehouse location. Although this type of inventory [..]

In its purest form cross-docking is the action of unloading materials from an incoming trailer or rail car and immediately loading these materials in outbound trailers or rail cars, thus eliminating t [..]

A form of inventory management where goods are received at one door of the distribution center / sorting facility and shipped out through the other door on a very short amount of time without putting them in storage. It consequently contributes in the reduction of operating costs with an increase in the throughput and [..]

Cross-docking describes the transshipment of goods bypassing intermediate storage or with the fewest possible warehouse contacts. The aim is to speed up the flow of goods and reduce costs as a result of being able to dispense with storage. This method is used for goods that are quickly transshipped (also "fast-moving consumer goods&quo [..]

Cross-docking is a practice in logistics of unloading materials from an incoming semi-trailer truck or railroad car and loading these materials directly into outbound trucks, trailers, or rail cars, w [..]

The direct flow of merchandise from the receiving function to the shipping function, eliminating any additional steps in between, including the need for storage.

cross-docking can be a cost-effective and efficient distribution strategy. The objective is to streamline the supply chain from point of origin to point of destination. Major activities are consolidating shipments and re-distributing partial loads.

is a practice in logistics which involves receiving goods and then shipping it out shortly often without the need to sock it at the warehouse.

Unloading materials from an incoming trailer and then loading them into an outbound trailer without sorting and distributing the items in the warehouse.