Loading Dock Scheduling Objects

Overview

Loading Location

A Loading location represents a physical location, e.g. a warehouse, that has one or more loading ramps at which vehicles can dock to load and unload materials.

Some information a Loading Location can contain:

Location specific Settings
- Default time slot length
- Lead time
- ...
Holiday calendar
Address

Loading Ramp

A loading ramp always belongs to a specific Loading Location. It represents a loading ramp at which vehicles can dock to load or unload.
Time slots are used to indicate that a loading ramp is occupied by a vehicle.

Some information a Loading Ramp can contain:

Ramp type (Loading, Unloading, Loading & Unloading)

Loading Order

A Loading Order is used to represent an order that needs to be processed at a loading ramp.
It contains information about the transport that needs to be processed, such as:

Loading Type (Loading, Unloading, Loading & Unloading)
License plate number
Driver contact info
Forwarder
Loaded items
Documents

Time Slot

A Time Slot is the time period of time at a specific loading ramp at which the connected loading order is processed.

It can contain the following information:

Loading Order for which the time slot is booked
Loading Ramp at which the time slot is booked
Preparation time
Post processing time
Planned arrival / departure
Actual arrival / departure