Freight Dock Scheduling

Freight Dock Scheduling is an integrated part of the 3sixty Shipper Suite.

Take the Hassle Out of Carrier Appointments
For brokers and shippers alike, our Web-based freight dock scheduling application gives you and your carriers better control and management of your docks.

Reduces dock congestion and carrier detention
Improves carriers’ ability to effective handle your loads
Reduces paperwork and time spent on the phone coordinating schedules

Freight Carrier Self-Scheduling
Carriers are able to self-schedule based on your clients facilities and needs – reducing labor costs while giving company-wide visibility to pickup and delivery information, all through the Internet. Your electronic schedule gets filled as carriers secure appointments after accepting load tenders, and is instantly available to facility managers, customer service personnel, and carriers – all without lifting a finger or the telephone.

Yard Management System
We offer an optional Yard Management System, providing the ability to control, track, rotate, and move drop trailers on the yard. This creates a perfect solution for facilities that have a mix of trailer-pool and live-load operations.

Features and Benefits

Features:

Carrier Self-Scheduling for an entire route, on one screen with no phone calls
Efficient, real-time visibility and communication
Customizable business rules
Automatic exception notification for late or unscheduled loads, with configurable message routing
Advance shipping notifications and delivery confirmation
Cycle time and other types of performance reporting
Configure an appointment book for any location in minutes based on that location's business rules
2 doors or 200 doors
4 hours per week day or 24 hours 7 days per week
Allow carriers to schedule directly from their browser or require approval for the requested appointment
Allow inter or intra company visibility of load status - a boon to customer self-service!
Use scheduling as part of a comprehensive CarrierPoint^® solution, or use it as a stand-alone Use outbound and subsequent inbound scheduling to provide Advance Shipping Notification and Proof Of Delivery up and down the supply chain

Benefits:

Eliminate dock congestion
Corporate-wide visibility
Benchmark performance across shifts or locations
You can access it from anywhere you have an Internet connection
Achieve labor cost savings and reduce administrative costs
Gain efficiency and reduce congestion at the docks
Improve communications with business partners
Maximize the use of dock assets
Track and rotate trailer inventory in the yard
Gain visibility to inventory staged in the yard
Provide trailer pool inventory information to carriers
Improve labor planning

Give Yourself the Edge

For Brokers:

Provide all of the above for fee services to groups of smaller customers without having to invest capital dollars in hardware, software, development
Allow customers varying degrees of access to the system in order to maintain direct management control of the account
Use Dock Scheduling and its ASN and POD capabilities to expand logistics management reach up and down the supply chain from the current customer base
As an intermediary, provide streamlined processes to a carrier base to enhance your company's alternatives, and those of your customers, when capacity is in short supply

For Shippers:

Allow core carriers to schedule the appropriate appointment time, online, after accepting a load tender with no interaction with the dispatcher
Enforce compliance to load/discharge windows automatically
Provide for route optimization allowing carriers to schedule any number of stores consecutively based on continuously updated available appointment times
Capture Data to:
Benchmark load performance across shifts or locations
Track carrier on-time performance
Dispute demurrage bills
Compress your labor schedule and reduce labor standby time
Reduce or eliminate demurrage

Freight Dock Scheduling is recommended for freight shippers, carriers, and brokers.