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Increase inventory speed and throughput with cross-docking.

In fast-moving industries such as consumer goods, food, retail, drug and grocery, and others, cross-docking is increasingly recognized as an indispensable way to increase inventory speed and throughput. Why? Because it bypasses the put-away process.

Infor’s cross-docking capabilities make it possible for warehousing operations of all sorts to mobilize their inventory by making sure that incoming loads are quickly turned around as outbound ones, thus improving customer service and effecting freight economies.

Cross-Docking helps companies like yours:

Avoid unnecessary holding costs
Improve product availability
Commingle and consolidate freight
Increase customer satisfaction

Whatever your business, Cross-Docking offers a high degree of flexibility. Flow-thru can be utilized to deconsolidate receipts based on retail store allocations or consolidate them with previously picked product in the staging lane, so each store gets the inventory and quantities it needs in the same shipment. Trans-shipment capabilities allow companies with pre-packaged, pre-wrapped pallets to unload pallets and packages and get them to outbound staging lanes for fast loading on outbound trucks. Opportunistic capabilities allow companies to review outbound orders, see where outstanding ones are, and move product directly to the outbound staging lane to fill the gap. As a result, freight can be commingled and consolidated quickly ensuring each outbound delivery meets customer and service level requirements.