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Related to docking: Dry docking, tail docking

docking

The linking or binding of a ligand with a receptor.

docking

tail amputation. See dock1.
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Despite these proven benefits, not many companies are cross docking today.
Other companies simply don't know where to start, or may even get involved in cross docking by accident.
How to be a lean, mean cross-docking machine
Retailers ultimately should be able to trim warehouse space, since the majority of cross docking in the supermarket industry takes place at the retailer's own distribution center.
It is these sorts of demands that have spurred the growth of cross docking," said Johnson.
Fleet optimization done painlessly: supermarkets are beginning to find out what other retailers have known for years--it doesn't pay to bury product in the warehouse. Cross docking could be the answer to this problem. (Distribution & Logistics)

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