pre-distribution和post-distribution方式
主要是考虑分发工作是放在配送中心(post-distribution)，还是由供应商完Pre-distribution成，这两钟方式在目前的零售业中都经常用到(当然其他行业也是类是的情况)。 post-distributiony 一般是在配送中心有专门的人员来处理这些分发的繁杂工作，一般是门店比较多，或者是零售商不想让供应商知道各店的销售情况。 Pre-distribution 在门店比较少的情况下适用。或者代收货的情况下采用。例如深圳的DC代珠海的DC收货。 |
One way to classify crossdocking operations is according to when the customer is assigned to an individual pallet or product.
In pre-distribution crossdocking, the customer is assigned before the shipment leaves the vendor, so it arrives to the crossdock bagged and tagged for transfer.
In post-distribution crossdocking, the crossdock itself allocates material to its stores. For example, a crossdock at a Wal-Mart might receive 20 pallets of Tide detergent without labels for individual stores. Workers at the crossdock allocate 3 pallets to Store 23, 5 pallets to Store 14, and so on.
Crossdocking可以按照将单独的托盘或货物分配给客户的时间来分类，Pre-distribution方式下，在货物离开vendor前，货物已经分配好客户，所以当货物抵达CrossDock时，已经打包好，贴好标签，准备发运。
Post-distribution方式下，由CrossDock自己将货物分配到各个客户/门店。Pre-distribution is definitely more difficult to implement because the vendors of the crossdock must know which customers of the crossdock need what before they send the shipment. This involves quite a bit of information transfer, system integration, and coordination. For a distributor with hundreds of vendors, the problem is big, big, big!
Pre-distribution肯定要更难实施，因为CrossDock的Vendors在货物发运之前，必须知道货物是到哪个门店/客户的。这就对信息传递，系统协调提出高的要求。 当有几百个vendors时，这个问题变的很严重！
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