Appointment Schedule Management
You can improve your ability to effectively control the three main factors of logistics costs: labor costs, transportation costs, and inventory holding costs.
Close collaboration between suppliers, carriers, and 3PLs is crucial for improving supply chain efficiency. By using appointment scheduling, we provide carriers and suppliers with self-scheduling capabilities for deliveries and pickups at the warehouse, eliminating time-consuming manual processes on the warehouse side and preventing delays and mistakes. Additionally, by carefully coordinating the inbound and outbound reservation schedules with warehouse personnel, shipping staff, and vehicle managers, we can enhance our ability to control the three main factors of logistics costs: labor costs, transportation costs, and inventory holding costs. Improving productivity and strengthening compliance Inadequate appointment scheduling with carriers can lead to labor shortages, inefficient loading and unloading, and unnecessary vehicle dwell time. Our appointment scheduling allows carriers and suppliers to easily self-schedule deliveries. This enables the warehouse to improve productivity, level out labor, and ensure adherence to schedules, supporting compliance with labor regulations.
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Features and Functions - Enables more inbound and outbound operations in a shorter time, preventing delays and chargebacks. - Recommends reservation times based on resources, service needs, and cargo content. - Supports the calculation of recommended times by the system to facilitate appointment setting and resource allocation to dock doors. - Ensures that carriers can comply with U.S. and European labor regulations or other legal requirements. - Provides an EDI or web interface for self-service shipment scheduling. - Tracks waiting times at the guard station and the time taken for loading/unloading. - Automatically calculates loading times based on delivery dates, order details, dock capacity, warehouse capacity, and required workforce. - Balances workload between shifts and adjusts the required workforce.
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