| | Cross-dockingCross-dock orders are used to transfer the inbound goods
immediately from receiving location to staging location for issue. Cross-dock
order lines are generated only for inbound order lines that have a planned
receipt date that matches with the planned delivery date of the outbound order
line considering the cross-dock lead time between the two dates. The types of cross-docking: - Static
- Dynamic
- Direct Material Supply
When you use cross-docking, received goods are directly assigned to
the shipping process. The cross-docking corresponds to the physical flow of the
goods as they are moved directly from the receiving dock to the shipping dock.
This prevents superfluous inbound and outbound handling. LN assigns a priority to the
cross-dock orders for an item. This priority indicates the order in which cross-dock order lines must be generated for the cross-dock orders. First,
cross-dock order lines are created for cross-dock orders with the highest
priority. Next, the cross-dock order lines for cross-dock orders with
subsequent priority are generated. For cross-docking,
you can define restriction rules. LN uses the set of rules included in a restriction definition to
determine whether to create cross-dock orders. The rules are checked one after
the other. If a valid condition is met, no cross-dock orders will be created.
If no rule applies, LN permits the creation of cross-dock orders.
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