Dock appointments,
under control.
FreightReserve lets carriers book inbound and outbound dock slots online, balances appointments across your doors and keeps the yard flowing, so receiving and dispatch stop fighting for the same hour.
Trusted by logistics operators
Every carrier wants
the same hour.
A busy DC runs inbound receiving and outbound dispatch through a finite set of doors. Without scheduling, carriers cluster at peak, dwell times blow out and detention charges and missed windows follow.
Doors jam at peak
Unscheduled arrivals pile onto the same hours while doors sit idle the rest of the day.
Dwell and detention climb
Trucks wait for a free door, racking up detention and tying up carrier capacity.
Receiving and dispatch clash
Inbound and outbound compete for the same doors with no shared schedule.
No view of the yard
Nobody can see what is booked, arrived or running late until it is at the gate.
Carrier compliance slips
Missed and late arrivals go unrecorded, so there is no way to hold anyone to a window.
Booked, balanced
and on time.
A shared dock schedule that spreads arrivals across your doors and keeps everyone to their window.
- 01
You set door capacity
Define doors, slot lengths and how many appointments each window allows.
- 02
Carrier books a slot
Inbound and outbound carriers book dock appointments online, on any device.
- 03
Door assigned
Appointments are balanced across doors so no dock is overloaded.
- 04
Reminders sent
Automated reminders go out ahead of the appointment to cut no-shows.
- 05
Carrier checks in
Self-service check-in on arrival by appointment reference or vehicle registration.
- 06
Loaded or unloaded
The dock works to schedule, keeping dwell time and detention down.
- 07
Everything logged
On-time arrivals and every appointment recorded for carrier compliance.
Appointment scheduling, end to end.
The controls a distribution centre needs to keep doors flowing and carriers on time.
Dock appointment booking
Carriers book inbound and outbound dock slots online.
Door and bay capacity
Balance appointments across doors so no dock is overloaded.
Carrier self-service
Carriers book and manage their own appointments, freeing your team.
Reduce dwell and detention
Spread arrivals to cut waiting, dwell time and detention costs.
Live yard visibility
See scheduled, arrived and in-progress appointments in real time.
Compliance and audit
Track on-time arrivals and keep a full appointment record.
Plugs into your stack. No double entry.
Dock appointments flow into the WMS and TMS your distribution centre already runs, so receiving, dispatch and transport data stay aligned without re-keying.
Common questions
Everything you need to know about FreightReserve. Still curious? Talk to us.
What does dock scheduling do for a distribution centre?
Can I control how many trucks hit each door?
Does it handle both inbound and outbound?
Will it reduce detention and dwell time?
Can carriers book their own appointments?
Will it fit our WMS and TMS?
Can we run multiple distribution centres?
How do we get started?
Let's get your docks
scheduled.
Tell us how carriers arrive at your distribution centre today and we will show you a dock schedule built around your doors and capacity.
- Spread arrivals across your doors
- Cut dwell time and detention
- Stop receiving and dispatch clashing
- Hold carriers to their windows
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