Cross-Docking

Third-party logistics - Definition 1 According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, 3PL is defined as a firm that provides multiple logistics services for use by customers. Preferably, these services are integrated, or bundled together, by the provider. Among the services 3PLs provide are transportation, warehousing, cross-docking, inventory management, packaging, and freight forwarding.

Third-party logistics - Types of 3PL providers 1 * Service Developer: this type of 3PL provider will offer their customers advanced value-added services such as: tracking and tracing, cross-docking, specific packaging, or providing a unique security system. A solid IT foundation and a focus on economies of scale and scope will enable this type of 3PL provider to perform these types of tasks.

Cross docking 1 '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, with little or no storage in between. This may be done to change type of conveyance, to sort material intended for different destinations, or to combine material from different origins into transport vehicles (or containers) with the same, or similar destination.

Cross docking 1 The US military began utilizing cross-dock operations in the 1950s. Wal-Mart began utilizing cross-docking in the retail sector in the late 1980s.

Cross docking 1 In the LTL trucking industry, cross-docking is done by moving cargo from one transport vehicle directly into another, with minimal or no warehousing. In retail practice, cross-docking operations may utilize staging areas where inbound materials are sorted, consolidated, and stored until the outbound shipment is complete and ready to ship.

Cross docking - Factors influencing the use of retail crossdocks 1 * Cross-docking is dependent on continuous communication between suppliers, distribution centers, and all points of sale.

Cross-docking 1 'Cross-docking' is a practice in the 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, with little or no storage in between. This may be done to change the type of conveyance, to sort material intended for different destinations, or to combine material from different origins into transport vehicles (or containers) with the same destination or similar destinations.

Cross-docking 1 Cross-dock operations were first pioneered in the US trucking industry in the 1930s, and have been in continuous use in less-than-truckload (LTL) operations ever since. The US military began using cross-docking operations in the 1950s. Wal-Mart began using cross-docking in the retail sector in the late 1980s.

Cross-docking 1 In the LTL trucking industry, cross-docking is done by moving cargo from one transport vehicle directly onto another, with minimal or no warehousing. In retail practice, cross-docking operations may utilize staging areas where inbound materials are sorted, consolidated, and stored until the outbound shipment is complete and ready to ship.

Cross-docking - Typical applications 1 Retail cross-dock example: using cross- docking, Wal-Mart was able to effectively leverage its logistical volume into a core strategic competency.

Cross-docking - Factors influencing the use of retail cross-docks 1 * Cross-docking depends on continuous communication between suppliers, distribution centers, and all points of sale

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