# Dock Scheduling

## Manage every appointment with ease

Optimize dock availability, reduce congestion, and keep your facilities running on schedule with unified dock scheduling across all your locations.

## Optimize pickups at every location

### Appointment Automation

#### Simplify scheduling with automation
Eliminate the manual touchpoints and reduce errors by automating appointment creation, confirmations, and updates.

- Automate appointment requests and approvals — eliminate email chains and phone calls that slow down your operations.
- Set rules that match your facility workflow — control appointment windows, cutoff times, and required lead times.
- Reduce workload for your teams — allow carriers and partners to automatically accept appointments within your defined parameters.

### Shipper of Choice

#### Make carriers love working with you
Improve compliance, reduce missed appointments, and build stronger carrier relationships through a seamless scheduling experience.

- Self-service scheduling for carriers — let carriers book and manage appointments based on your facility rules.
- Faster turnaround and fewer missed windows — clear instructions, automated reminders, and real-time updates keep everyone on track.
- Standardized communication — ensure consistent information exchange across all partners, modes, and locations.

### Real-Time Visibility

#### Track every arrival and departure
Bring predictability to your facility operations with complete visibility into inbound schedules and dock activity.

- Track upcoming arrivals in real time — access live appointment status, check-ins, dwell time, and delays with ease.
- Alert teams when exceptions occur — ensure warehouse staff, carriers, and transportation managers get notified instantly.
- Improve collaboration across teams — share accurate schedules across transportation, warehouse, and yard operations.

### Dock Utilization

#### Cut bottlenecks at every facility
Ensure your docks and yards run with precision, improving flow and reducing costly delays.

- Balance workload across dock doors — avoid congestion by intelligently distributing inbound and outbound volume.
- Improve equipment utilization — seamlessly coordinate movements between yard, dock, and warehouse activities.
- Prevent operational slowdowns — detect overbooking, mismatches, or conflicts before they cause last-minute chaos.

## Integrations

### One platform for all your tech

### Unify Workflows
All modules, datapoints, and teams work together to eliminate silos and minimize disruptions.

### Real-Time Data
Every shipment update flows instantly across teams, carriers, and partners.

### End-to-End Visibility
From planning to analytics, the entire shipment lifecycle stays connected.

### Scale Operations
Configurable infrastructure allows you to operate across teams, locations, and modes without adding complexity.

## Customer Success

### Trusted by leading shippers
"Load tendering, which previously involved manual emails and data entry, now operates with minimal human intervention."

"They're helping make our supply chain more strategic and data-driven. We have folks across our business asking to see the data that our TMS is showing us—it's that valuable across our entire organization."

"Today, we have clear, real-time control over deliveries because of Princeton TMX."

## Case Studies

### Real shippers. Real results.
Learn how industry leading shippers are reducing costs, improving visibility, and gaining control of their freight with Princeton TMX's Unified Transportation Management System.