Cross-dock and flow-through

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• Inbound-to-outbound allocation
• Dock appointments
• Staging lanes

Catalog items that cover it

None found at repository commit 8e3792a.

Classification

Status

Missing

Fit

Specialist: integrate or leave out (a specialist system usually owns this)

Suggested module

New module (suggested): Warehouse operations

Suggested attributes

Pro; priority Optional; always offline. Starting points only.

Cluster

Distribution, supply chain and wholesale

Public excerpts

domain analysis

Archetypes and companies

Foodservice and broadline wholesale distribution; Parcel, freight and shipping-store networks; Big-box, warehouse club and mass merchants.

Example companies in these archetypes: Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, McLane, Core-Mark, C&S Wholesale, UPS, FedEx, XPO, Ryder, Walmart, Costco. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• Wholesale food and grocery
• Wholesale: diversified, building and industrial supplies
• Wholesale electronics, office and technology distribution
• Courier, parcel and postal services
• Trucking and freight forwarding
• Warehousing and third-party logistics
• Railroads, shipping and ports
• General merchandise and big-box stores
• Grocery and supermarkets

Previous: Warehouse receiving, put-away, pick and pack. Next: Route accounting, direct-store delivery and van sales.

Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.