Cross Docking Services in Nashville, TN

Transloading or cross-docking is a practice in logistics and transportation management. In a distribution center, incoming delivery vehicles are unloaded. Their cargo is immediately consolidated and placed into various outgoing vehicles that take each load where it needs to go. No storage is required for the process.

Many businesses opt for cross docking over traditional warehouse storage for several reasons:

• Streamlined operations and supply chain, achieving just-in-time delivery with no stopping points.
• Avoid warehousing costs, inventory control and holding costs, and other associated costs.
• Reduce the risk of damage and spoilage to inventory.
• Efficient transportation of goods from the distributor to the customer.

Docking stations are points in warehouses and distribution centers where loading and unloading is done. Cross docking, on the other hand, is a mix of unloading, consolidation services, and loading.

With traditional warehousing, various suppliers bring their goods to warehouses for storage. They are then loaded into outgoing vehicles when needed. Cross docking, however, requires little to no storage. Cargo goes from the incoming vehicle to the outgoing vehicle.

A cross-docking facility is a distribution center where cargo from one or more suppliers is received and immediately consolidated into outgoing vehicles to be sent to different locations. No storage is necessary as goods are sent to the next part of the supply chain.