X-dock
Warehousing & 3PLCross-docking
Moving goods straight from an inbound truck or container to an outbound one without putting them into storage.
In practice
Used for time-critical or pre-sorted cargo. The warehouse sorts by destination on the floor and reloads within hours. Reduces storage cost but needs tight scheduling.
Seen in the wild
The container will be cross-docked into 4 delivery trucks the same morning.