Reduce the need to store products in warehouseC Cross Docking model, customers know in advance about the product to the repository and this product there is no need to store.Cross docking-Cross docking and traditional warehouse modelSo that means that in Cross Docking, client (a retail store, for example) have to wait some more time for the transport of the goods to the warehouse? True, but this transport must comply with a sure and delivery schedule is strict to offset any uncertainty related to the extended lead time (in this case the lead time is the time from customer, or from deployment at enterprise orders until delivered to the customers). On the contrary, if Cross Docking when done properly will allow the companies to eliminate the cost of inventory and reduce shipping costs at the same time at the same time.Benefits of Cross Docking:Firstly: in a few cases, hao are the retailers identified associated with keeping order in the warehouse for goods in high demand and stable. In this case the Cross Docking was viewed as a way to reduce the cost of holding inventory.Second: for some other retailers or the transportation of small cargo, travelers then Cross Docking was viewed as a way of reducing the costs of transport. For example, the retail stores can receive the shipment directly from the vendor to use less the car transport service (LTL) or according to each shipment. However, this makes the cost of the first goods transport on excessive increase (due to the number of high vehicles pulled by the increase of the cost of petrol, as repair costs and upgrade the media, labor costs ...). Cross Docking is the way to gather this shipment together in order to reach a number of certain means to reduce transportation costs and simplify the goods receipt at the retail store.Cross Docking to help reduce transportation costs and simplify the goods receipt.The type of Cross DockingThe term "Cross Docking" has been used to describe the different types of activities, all related to the collecting and transporting the product quickly. Napolitano (2000) has proposed classification approach Cross Docking:Cross Docking manufacturing (Manufacturing Cross Docking): support and collecting the input supply to support Just-in-time in production. For example, a manufacturer may hire a shed near their factory, and used it to prepare for the Assembly or gathering the necessary component of each section together. Because the needs of each Division is known, based on the output of an MRP system (System of production resources planning) should not need to maintain a certain amount of inventory.Cross Docking distributor (Distributor of Cross Docking): collecting input products from different vendors on a pallet of mixed products. This pallet would be delivered to the customer as soon as the last ingredient is received. For example, the computer Division of the Distributor can search source components from different suppliers and combine them into a single shipment to customers.Cross Docking of transport (Transportation of Cross Docking): this operation combine shipments from a number of different transport in the form of small packages or LTL to economic advantages of scale (Economies of scale).Cross Docking retail (Retail Cross Docking): this process involves receiving products from many suppliers and categorized them into the trucks head out for some retail stores.Cross Docking opportunity (Opportunistic Cross Docking): may use in any warehouse,
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