The work presented in this paper has been supported by West Bohemia University in Pilsen (project
No.SGS SGS-2021-022 - Financial (stock) markets, modeling and prediction of behavior).The trends associated with the onset of Industry 4.0 are obvious and require a prompt response
from the company. An indisputable advantage is the use of the cross-docking strategy, which makes it
possible to coordinate all logistics processes and achieve optimization of transport costs while maintaining
minimal handling and storage. The goods are directly redistributed within the distribution system to specific
customers according to their requirements without the need for storage. This logistic method is very often
associated with various types of vehicle routing problem. It enables the introduction and use of Industry 4.0
principles. The aim of this contribution is to find out the possibilities of using Cross-docking within the vehicle
routing problem. The output is a classification of five vehicle routing problems and their further breakdown,
which are successfully connected with the idea of Cross-docking technology. This is a Capacitated vehicle
routing problem with cross-docking, Open vehicle routing problem with cross-docking, Vehicle routing
problem with cross-docking for multi-products, Multi-echelon distribution networks and Rich vehicle routing
problem with cross-docking. Literature analysis shows that it is not an isolated technology but a tool offering
a comprehensive logistics service connecting several processes. Offer various combinations of technologies
in conjunction with vehicle routing problems to provide economic benefit and reduce the environmental impact
of logistics chains
