Cross-Docking Route 

Definition

One or more inbound routes or one or more outbound routes that are connected by exactly one cross-docking location (warehouse or distribution center relevant to cross-docking).

Use

You use cross-docking routes (CD routes) to link routes to route networks. The system takes into account CD routes when you use route determination as part of cross-docking. Here you can define per route pair (inbound route and outbound route) whether goods at the cross-docking location (CD location) are to remain on the same vehicle or whether they are be loaded onto a different vehicle.

Structure

To define a CD route, you must make the following settings:

·        You specify a CD location for the route at header level.

·        You specify one or more inbound routes on the CD Routes tab page. Here the destination location of all these routes must be identical with the CD location.

·        You specify one or more outbound routes on the CD Routes tab page. Here the start location of all these routes must be identical with the CD location.

By specifying a different CD route as the inbound or outbound route, you can create a route network with multiple CD locations. Here an outbound CD route from CD location 1 must have at least one inbound route with the start location CD location 1. An inbound CD route to CD location 2 must have at least one outbound route with the destination location CD location 2.

·        On the CD Attributes tab page, you define the required attributes, for example, whether transshipment is not required (goods remain on the same vehicle), for the route pairs that consist of inbound and outbound routes.

You define CD routes in the master data for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) under Master Data ® Shipping and Receiving ® Route Determination ® Maintain Route.

Example

The following figure shows a route network consisting of two CD routes:

See also:

Route Determination as Part of Cross-Docking