Dock-to-Stock
Σύντομη απάντηση
The receiving flow that makes goods available for sale: from unloading at the dock to validated stock.
Βασικά συμπεράσματα
- Unloading and quantity/quality check at the dock
- Receipt confirmation against the order/notice (ASN/DESADV)
- Goods-received note generation and inbound posting
- Putaway - directing goods to the optimal storage location
- Availability - stock becomes visible and allocatable across channels
What Dock-to-Stock is
Dock-to-Stock is the flow (and time metric) from the moment goods arrive at the receiving dock to the moment they are checked, received (goods-received note) and available for sale/shipment in a storage location. It is the first step that determines how quickly purchased stock becomes sellable stock.
Why it matters
A long dock-to-stock time means capital locked in 'invisible' goods - physically received but unavailable in the system. For fast-movers, hours matter: unreceived goods can't fulfill orders and create artificial stock-outs.
Flow stages
- Unloading and quantity/quality check at the dock
- Receipt confirmation against the order/notice (ASN/DESADV)
- Goods-received note generation and inbound posting
- Putaway - directing goods to the optimal storage location
- Availability - stock becomes visible and allocatable across channels
How CRMconnect helps
CRMconnect, as an operational layer over WMS wired into the ERP, accelerates dock-to-stock: it auto-matches the delivery with the supplier's ASN, guides putaway and makes stock available in real time across all channels instead of waiting for a nightly sync. CRMconnect is not accounting software - the fiscal receipt stays in the ERP; CRMconnect orchestrates the physical flow and availability.
Πραγματικό παράδειγμα
A distributor had goods physically received but available in the system only after 24h (nightly sync). With CRMconnect releasing stock in real time at putaway completion, dock-to-stock time dropped from 24h to under 90 minutes.
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Συχνές ερωτήσεις
What does dock-to-stock mean?+
The flow and time from goods arriving at the dock to becoming validated stock available for sale/shipment. It covers unloading, checking, goods receipt and putaway.
Why is dock-to-stock time important?+
The longer it is, the more capital sits in unavailable goods. Unreceived goods can't fulfill orders and create artificial stock-outs.
How does CRMconnect help?+
It matches the delivery to the supplier's ASN, guides putaway and releases stock in real time across all channels. It is not accounting software.
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