cross-docking

They can be conventional and with cross-docking capability.

RFID Speeds Order Fulfillment 2006

Instead, they are using techniques such as cross-docking and drop-shipping from supplier and service-provider locations to increase the velocity of their supply chains, allowing them the ability to delay commitment of inventory until real market demand becomes apparent.

A Dynamic Distribution Network 2006

As the demand for shorter lead times in the flow of goods increases, the use of cross-docking and merge-in-transit with RFID technology is bound to increase as well.

RFID Speeds Order Fulfillment 2006

The remaining space is devoted to cross-docking areas, warehouse storage and light manufacturing as in returns and repairs.

Expansion, Chinese Style 2006

Berg defines the more traditional cross-docking that DHL uses as "a logistics activity that attempts to reduce costs and total lead time by breaking down received items on the loading dock in a distribution center."

RFID Speeds Order Fulfillment 2006

DHL has been an active player in RFID developments and their application to both traditional cross-docking in a distribution center and in the more direct use of a whole new category of merge-in-transit applications.

RFID Speeds Order Fulfillment 2006

These parts were shipped via a central cross-docking center in Kentucky to the eleven Regional Parts Distribution Centers.

Lean Thinking James P. Womack 2003

However, as stock levels fall and replenishment orders grow smaller and more frequent, PDCs will look less and less like warehouses and more like cross-docking points.

Lean Thinking James P. Womack 2003

These may include guaranteed quality to eliminate incoming inspection, improved logistics including cross-docking, just-in-time deliveries for low-to-zero inventories, automated invoicing, integration of product sale/use and production scheduling, and electronic-based ordering systems.33

KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001

These may include guaranteed quality to eliminate incoming inspection, improved logistics including cross-docking, just-in-time deliveries for low-to-zero inventories, automated invoicing, integration of product sale/use and production scheduling, and electronic-based ordering systems.33

KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001