Cross Docking Concepts

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Cross-docking is a logistics procedure where products from a supplier or manufacturing plant are distributed directly to a customer or retail chain with minimal handling and storage time. Incoming goods are unloaded from inbound vehicles and immediately loaded onto outbound vehicles, reducing warehousing costs and improving delivery times.

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