Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the costs/benefits of implementing the
cross-docking strategy in a retail supply chain context using a cost model. In particular, the …

Purpose The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of products' characteristics
on the performance of three distribution strategies: traditional warehousing (TW), cross …

Exel Logistics' experience in a number of industry sectors, product profiles, operational
techniques and technology suggests that the outputs of cross‐docking can appear magical …

Cross-docking can reduce inventory in a retail supply chain but in certain situations it can
result in more inventory being required in the stores to achieve the same customer service …

Retailers and other distributors have used crossdocking for many years to reduce inventory
and transportation costs, yet, for some crossdocking is an illusive goal. Does the problem lie …

Crossdocking as a distribution tactic is not new. However, its use continues to grow with the
popularity of just-in-time (JIT) methods, and as supply chain concepts such as collaboration …

Cross‐docking is the practice of transferring materials from an incoming shipment directly to
an outgoing shipment without storing them at the transfer point. This essentially eliminates …

Purpose The technique of cross-docking is attractive to organisations because of the lower
warehousing and transportation (consolidated shipments) costs. This concept is based on …

Cross-docking operation is a logistics service mode aims to remove the storage and picking
up functions of a warehouse, and coordinate goods loading between delivery vehicles and …

Cross-docking is a logistic technique that can help in cutting inventory costs while increasing
the goods. The paper reviews literature in cross-docking regarding to operation problems …