Cross-Docking

Transfer of inbound goods directly to outbound staging or transport with little or no storage in between.

Examples

01Through cross-docking, pallets for 30 stores are unloaded from supplier trucks and loaded onto store trucks within 4 hours, without being stored.
02The warehouse review tracks how long cross-docking pallets sit on the dock and how many end up being stored by mistake.
03Cross-docking cuts handling steps from 6 to 2 for fast-moving items and frees racking space for slower products.