Products with immediate shipping prioritized in cross docking

Products that require immediate shipping are now being placed in cross dock zones near the shipping dock. This reduces products being staged in the cross dock zones by only staging products with prioritized shipping. New functionality has been added to give warehouse personnel control of the number of days forward from the promise date they would like to cross dock material.

Previously, all cross-docked products on sales orders and warehouse transfers had been consolidated into cross dock zones regardless of their due dates. Additionally, you can now mix cross dock zones onto a single pallet. This can reduce the number of pallets needed in your cross-dock area.

Feature activation

A new TWL system parameter, 6266-Cross Dock - Days Forward, is added to activate the days forward functionality from the promise date as required. The parameter defaults as zero, which means there is no date limit. An additional TWL system parameter, 6267-Cross Dock - Allow Zone Mix, is added to activate the zone mix of pallets destined for cross dock locations. The parameter defaults with no effect on current restriction setup.

See the Infor Distribution SX.e Total Warehouse Logistics User Guide for Receiving and Putting Away.