What does Cross-docking mean?
A logistics procedure where products from a supplier or manufacturing plant are distributed directly to a customer or retail chain with marginal to no handling or storage time.
We use cross-docking at our distribution center to unload materials from an incoming truck and load them directly into outbound trucks with little or no storage in between.
Cross-docking in German, French, Spanish and Italian
GermanCross-Docking
also Kreuzverkupplung
Warenumschlag ohne Zwischenlagerung.
FrenchCross-docking
also Transbordement
Passage des produits du quai d'arrivée au quai de départ sans stockage.
SpanishCross-docking
also Cruce de muelle
Sistema de distribución donde la mercancía no se almacena.
ItalianCross-docking
Operazione logistica che evita lo stoccaggio intermedio della merce.
Common phrases with Cross-docking
- unload materials cross-docking
- outbound trucks cross-docking
- distribution center cross-docking