Editing Cross-docking (section)

==Advantages of retail cross-docking==
* Streamlines the supply chain, from point of origin to point of sale <ref name=":3">{{cite journal | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/42747807 | jstor=42747807 | title=The Adjustment of Supply Chains to New States: A Qualitative Assessment of Decision Relationships with Reference to Congestion Charging | last1=Puckett | first1=Sean M. | last2=Hensher | first2=David A. | last3=Battellino | first3=Helen | journal=International Journal of Transport Economics / Rivista Internazionale di Economia dei Trasporti | year=2006 | volume=33 | issue=3 | pages=313–339 }}</ref>
* Reduces labor costs through less inventory handling <ref>{{Cite book|last=Sehgal|first=Vivek|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428439918|title=Enterprise supply chain management : integrating best-in-class processes|date=2009|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-119-19834-5|location=Hoboken, N.J.|oclc=428439918}}</ref>
* Reduces inventory holding costs by reducing storage times and potentially eliminating the need to retain safety stock <ref name=":0" />
* Products reach the distributor, and consequently the customer, faster <ref name=":3" />
* Reduces or eliminates warehousing costs 
* May increase available retail sales space
* Less risk of inventory handling
* No need for large warehouse areas
* Easier to screen product quality