Cross docking is 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.
Cross docking takes place in a distribution docking terminal;
usually consisting of trucks and dock doors on two (inbound and
outbound) sides with minimal storage space.
The name ‘cross docking’ explains the process of receiving
products through an inbound dock and then transferring them
across the dock to the outbound transportation dock.