Shipping Schedule Management
Dock Appointments - The Easy Way
Overview
Companies operating shipping/receiving facilities, such as warehouses and terminals, must address a daily schedule of deliveries and pickups. Carrriers and delivery services enter and exit throughout the normal work day and beyond.
It is essential to coordinate and time the arrival and unloading of inbound freight. It is equally important to time the loading and departure of outbound shipments.
Whenever a facility is faced with a limited fundamental resource (such as docks, loading/unloading equipment, or labor) coordination and timing of operations is important.
Shipping Schedule Services solves 3 problems.
Schedule Management gains are immediate and measurable.
Communication with all interest parties produces significant improvements. Your customers, your transportation partners (carriers and delivery services), and your employees all over the globe, have instant, real-time access to facility appointment schedules-at every dock.
Company employees can communicate and see all-important information about this part of your supply chain or distribution network.
Rescheduling operations and their related appointments are easy and completely audited. Companies can identify and manage problems with late and missed appointments. Usage of dock facilities is easily monitored and managed. The timely flow of 'problem solving' information is built into the daily schedule process. The flow of information into and out of the web-based shipping-schedules.com system can be automated, totally or in part. System controls are comprehensive, yet easy to use. Designated user(s) have full authority to control all aspects of access, security, permissions, communications, auditing, reporting and detailed schedule features.
Ease of access to Shipping Schedule Services is simple.
The steps to managing facilities on the web are simple and easy:
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1 - From this web site, mouse over the 'Solution' option and then click on the 'Signup/Entroll' link. Fill out the subscription form and submit. Login information will be emailed to you. You will have at least 30 days free access to all services
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2 - Then, after receiving an email with login passwords, login to your account and setup the various options that configure the system. These steps are easy and straight forward. A .pdf document is available to download and print.
- 3 - Notify all users and trading partners about the existence of the daily schedule and its appointment scheduling features. This step is also provided for in the account setup phase.
- 4 - Begin to use the schedules.
Using automated data import and export is simple.
'Sharing data is easy' does not violate the 'keep it simple' approach underlying the shipping-schedules.com system.
If your company chooses to import and export data using ftp methods, rather than manual entry and update of schedule details, a simple, effective method is available. This service involves a small upcharge each month.
Information may also be imported into schedules using web-based, file upload procedures. This method directly uploads a simple file from any browser enabled workstation directly to the underlying web server database.
All methods of getting data into and out of the system may be combined: 1-manual, 2-ftp, 3-web-based file upload and 4-email.
Privacy Statement and Pricing Considerations.
Your company and trading partner information and data is strictly confidential. The information is held in strictest privacy and will not be disseminated in any fashion. Customer's are guaranteed that their proprietary operations and data will be protected.
The price of basic service is $99.00 per facility, per month. FTP services and other automated file upload/download services are bundled in an additional $25.00 per month charge. This upcharge for import/export pays for server and telephone support.
Using the WWW and Internet is the lowest cost solution.
Nearly all users and trading partners have access to the Internet. Accessing the shipping-schedules.com solution via the Internet and using the browser of choice, means that no extra investments are necessary. The web browser is widely available and virtually free. No other special software or hardware is needed. This solution is available 24 X 365. All trading partners may be integrated immediately at no cost. The process of allowing a carrier to schedule themselves into an available 'timeslot' at a facility improves efficiency for all.
Establishing a collaborative network is simple and easy.
As an outsourced service, www.shipping-schedules.com allows a business to resolve data quality and connection issues and minimize delays. The challenges and requirements for a high performing, collaborative logistics solution is solved in one, easy step.