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Crossdocking as a Supply Chain Strategy
Crossdocking as a SupplyChain StrategyBy reducing reliance on inventory buffers and expeditingcustomer orders, Crossdocking promotes a flow-throughsupply- Chain KulwiecCrossdocking as a distribution tacticis not new. However, its use con-tinues to grow with the popularityof just-in-time (JIT) methods, and as supplychain concepts such as collaboration takehold, and sophisticated information tech-nologies Crossdocking is pri-marily a warehousing practice, but inorder for it to be efficient and successful,there has to be close coordination andcontinuous, high-quality information flowamong manufacturer, distributor, and cus-tomer it is:A broad definition ofcrossdocking is the transfer of goods andmaterials from an inbound carrier to anoutbound carrier, without goods or prod-ucts actually entering the warehouse orbeing put away into storage. Thus, theproducts "cross the docks" from thereceiving dock area to the shipping dockarea.
agement systems (YMS) may be involved. By providing visibility to all dock and yard storage locations, the YMS paves the way to better, advanced crossdocking planning.
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