CROSS-DOCK thermal packaging for food distribution – last mile distribution

Cross dock or cross docking is a term used in the logistics or transport sector and means in simple words that a certain package is not opened or repacked by the actors in the supply chain. With other words is it the producer of the products or goods which packs and labels the package to be shipped or transported to the end-user. All the actors in the supply chain like transport companies, resellers, distribution centers, etc… who handle the package, do not open the package or re-pack the package but just take it in and send it out again. Krautz-Temax developed a special insulated packaging system for these cross-dock formulas. Conditioned food products such as chilled fresh or frozen products can be transported or distributed with this cross-dock packaging system. This means that the manufacturer of the conditioned products will pack the products in the cross-dock packaging directly according to the store details of the supermarket chain. The package is next shipped to the distribution center of the supermarket that can see the store information on the packaging and place the package in the transport lane of that dedicated store. As soon as the package is delivered to the store, the package is emptied and shipped back to the logistics center that will send it back to the manufacturer of the conditioned products to be re-filled again.