Cross docking

[Former Member]

What is meant by cross docking , where it is used?

What is the advantage of using this?

Like that i need to know shortly about yard management?

pl reply

good answers will be weighed

guru

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Gururajan,

Cross-docking is a way to move materials directly from the goods receipt area to the shipping area without first being stored. Cross-docking can be planned or opportunistic, as well as executed in one step (directly from GR to GI) or two steps (going first to a specified cross-docking storage type for repacking or labeling for example).

The steps for this process will be:-

->Create outbound delivery

->Create inbound delivery

->Plan with cross dock monitor

-> Post goods receipt for inbound delivery

->Create transfer order for inbound delivery

->Confirm transfer order for inbound delivery

->Create transfer order for outbound delivery

->Confirm transfer order for outbound delivery

->Post goods issue

Processes rapid material turnover in a distribution center or warehouse where the goods are brought from the goods receipt directly to goods issue without being stored.

Planned Cross Docking

Matches inbound deliveries to outbound deliveries:

a) One-step Cross Docking: Transfers goods with one transfer order from inbound to outbound.

b) Two-step Cross Docking: Transfers goods from inbound to an interim storage type (for example, staging area, repacking zone) and creates a subsequent transfer order from the interim storage type with destination outbound deliveries.

Opportunistic (Unplanned) Cross Docking

Detects opportunities for cross docking in a dynamic environment. One-step Cross Docking: Transfers goods with one transfer order from inbound to outbound.

usage in

Airlines

Automotive - OEM

Automotive - Sales & Service Organizations

Automotive - Supplier

Chemicals

Consumer Products - Apparel and Footwear

Consumer Products - Beverage

Consumer Products - Consumer Durables & Home Appliances

Consumer Products - Food

Consumer Products - Home & Personal Care

Defense Logistics

High Tech - Electronics Manufacturing Service Provider (EMS/ODM)

High Tech - Semiconductor

Industrial Machinery & Components

Logistics Service Providers - X-Party Logistics

Media - Premium Content Publishers

Mill Products

Mill Products - Building Materials

Mill Products - Fabricated Metal Products

Mill Products - Forest and Paper

Mill Products - Primary Metals

Postal Services

Railways Industries

Hope its useful..

cheers!

Pankaj Sharma

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Pankaj,

Tnx for info

I need the same info for yard managamenr and transportation managament

pl reply

guru

[Former Member]

HI Gururajan,

Yard Management extends warehouse management beyond the physical walls of the warehouse, enabling management and control from the time that goods are planned to arrive at the warehouse. It covers:

Check-in and check-out of vehicles

Scheduling of doors and staging areas for vehicles

Movements in the yard

Execution of operations in the yard, such as weighing and sealing/unsealing vehicles

Registration of the start and finish of loading and unloading of vehicles (by delivery or for whole vehicle)

SAP Extended Warehousing and Logistics for Retail and Wholesale Distribution offers support for processing various goods movements and for managing stocks in your warehouse complex covering processes like cross-docking, yard management, slotting and rearrangement.

regards,

Pankaj

[Former Member]

Cross docking means transhipment. I'll explain with an example, suppose in your warehouse you are going to receive material A, 500 kgs today and the same material you have to ship to a party, then instead of taking those stocks inside your godown, you can directly ship them by moving it into the respective truck....

The advantage of this is that it saves time of unloading and then loading again...

Yard management is a series of activities which we follow right from the truck arrives till the time it moves out from the warehouse.

if you want in detail i'll send you shortly.....

Regards,

Noopur

[Former Member]

Dear Noopur,

Thanks for info

but i need in macro level

dont send links

In croos docking can we use same vechile for receipt and issue ?

pl reply i am waiting here

thanks

Guru

[Former Member]

Dear MM exerts,

Waiting for ur reply

pl help

guru