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Cross-docking is a strategy that Wal-mart made famous.In this sys.,warehouses function as inventory coordination points rather than as inventory storage points.goods arrive at warehourse from manufacturer,are transferred to vehicles serving the retailers and are delivered to retailers as rapidly as possible.normally time is less 12 hours.
ad.
1.limits inventory costs
2.decreases lead times by decreasing storage time
dis.
1.require a significant start-up investment.
2.DC,retailers,suppliers must be linked with advanced info.
3.fast and responsive transportaton is also important.
4.forecasts are critical,necessitating the sharing of info.
5.this strategies are only for large DS .'cause in this DS a large num. of vehicles are delivering and picking up goods at the cross-dock facilities at any one time
comparing traditional stategies warehousing ,the cross-docking ,direct shipment have some adv.
but different approaches are used for different products.making it necessary to analyze the SC and determine the appropriate approaches to use for particular product |
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