Cross dock and Restacking Services
What is Cross dock and why it's important for supply chain efficiency?
Cross dock is an efficient process that saves both time and money. Many companies use our Miami Cross dock facility for a number or reasons.
Location and Accessibility: Proximity to major highways, ports, and rail hubs Accessibility for different transportation modes (trucks, trains, ships, etc.).Consider proximity to your suppliers, manufacturing facilities, and end customers.
Facility Size and Layout: Sufficient space for handling your volume of goods. Layout efficiency for smooth flow of inbound and outbound shipments. Specialized areas for sorting, staging, and temporary storage if needed.
Equipment and Technology: Availability of necessary equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, conveyor belts, etc. Adoption of technology for inventory management, tracking, and real-time visibility. Integration capabilities with your existing systems (e.g., warehouse management software, transportation management software).
Operational Flexibility: Ability to scale operations up or down based on seasonal fluctuations or changes in demand. Flexible scheduling options for receiving and dispatching shipments. Accommodation of special handling requirements or value-added services.
Security and Compliance: Adequate security measures to prevent theft, damage, or tampering of goods.
Cost and Pricing Structure: Transparency in pricing and fee structure (e.g., handling fees, storage fees, labor charges).Consideration of total cost implications, including transportation costs to and from the facility.
Your goods are arriving on a container. We handle drayage services where we pickup your container from the port, take it to our warehouse for unloading, then return the empty container to the port terminal and storage your products until you are ready to make the delivery to your client.
You have mixed freight on a trailer or multiple stops . Sometimes, a trailer may be loaded in a sub-optimal way where the first pallets that need to come off are sitting behind other pallets. In this case, the driver can unload the pallets that aren’t yet needed at a cross dock facility, deliver the pallets that need to be delivered first, and then come back to the facility to pick up the remaining pallets or have us deliver them at a later time.
You have loads coming in from multiple vendors. If you have products arriving from different vendors in different places, you can have them shipped to a cross docking provider that can combine shipments into one delivery for a retail customer.