An employee in a high-visibility vest operates an electric pallet truck in a warehouse and transports pallets of goods between shelves.

Cross-docking

Fast transshipment without warehousing

Content

Your advantages
Here’s how it works
Service details
Value-added services
Contact

At a glance

Cross-docking allows fast transshipment without temporary storage. Incoming consignments are checked, bundled, picked and prepared for onward transport at the logistics center – usually within 24 hours.

Your advantages

Focus on core competency thanks to outsourcing of some logistics processes
Scalable solution without fixed costs for peak loads
Lower overall logistics costs as storage space not needed and staffing requirements are reduced

Here’s how it works

Delivering consignments
The goods are delivered to our cross-docking logistics center, or we collect them on site.
Checking consignments
We check incoming consignments for quantity and external damage and notify you of actual goods received.

Service details

Incoming consignments are generally checked, processed and prepared for onward transport within 24 hours. Swiss Post Cargo takes full care of goods clearance, from acceptance, checking, bundling and picking right through to preparation for onward shipping.

Value-added services

Thanks to our comprehensive range of value-added services, even demanding cross-docking requirements can be covered flexibly:

Unloading of non-palletized goods and breaking up of mixed pallets
Preparation of orders with incoming goods from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. for delivery the following day
Management of empties as well as packaging and consumables
Professional disposal of packaging material
Picking as per SSCC or item by item
Deployment of additional auxiliary staff as required
Agreement of individual service level agreements (SLA)