Distinct from traditional warehousing, a cross-docking system is a transshipment facility with minimal inventory retention: inbound shipments are received, sorted and transferred to outbound vehicles within a short window, often hours.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-docking
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