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Inbound logistics

Run inbound logistics like a control tower.

OcuDock coordinates supplier deliveries for distribution warehouses — booking, yard, gate and receiving on one live screen. Less chasing by phone and spreadsheet, fewer trucks stacked at the gate, faster turnarounds.

  • Your ERP stays the system of record
  • Yard limits enforced before booking
  • Receiving guided on the warehouse floor

North Yard DC

Thursday inbound

Live plan

Appointments today

0Planned

Booked yard capacity

0%42 pallets

Needs attention

0Exceptions

Next at the dock

Morning appointment sequence

  • 08:30PO-10482

    Harborline Foods · 12 pallets

    Confirmed
  • 09:15PO-10511

    Ridgeway Packaging · 8 pallets

    At gate
  • 10:00PO-10396

    Northbridge Dry Goods · 16 pallets

    Review exception

Capacity outlook

Scheduled pallets

Yard limit protected
Illustrative Thursday plan · representative data

OcuDock covers slot booking, yard limits, gate check-in, dock scheduling, arrival tracking, grn capture, exception triage, supplier slas, otif signals, capacity outlook.

The morning crunch

Three trucks for the same window. A yard already near its limit.

The planner is still chasing confirmations across email and messaging while receiving discovers the overload at the gate. Orders are released—the warehouse needs a live plan for what is happening now.

Coordination without a shared plan
Email threadsExcel tabsPhone callsWhatsApp groupsThe whiteboard

Each channel holds part of the conversation. None holds the current appointment plan or what happened at the dock.

One shared operating plan
Capacity-aware appointment slots
Live arrival and receiving status
Exceptions with clear owners
A single thread from book to close
Inbound trucks sequenced toward an OcuDock-controlled warehouse yard
Capacity and dock sequencing are visible before trucks reach the gate.

How it runs

From booked slot to closed delivery—four hand-offs, one thread.

Each role sees the next decision that belongs to them. The plan stays connected without becoming procurement or inventory software.

OcuDock dashboard connected to arrival, check-in, dock, unloading, and completion stages
One operating thread follows the load from arrival through receiving completion.
  1. Confirm & book

    01

    Suppliers confirm delivery details and choose an available slot against the live yard plan.

  2. Protect capacity

    02

    Yard limits and dock availability shape the schedule; policy exceptions route to the planner.

  3. Arrive & receive

    03

    Check-in updates the shared plan, then receiving captures quantities, notes and photos on the floor.

  4. Close with facts

    04

    Exceptions and timestamps become the operational record—ready for throughput and supplier review.

Clear system boundaries

Built to complement your ERP, not compete with it.

Commercial truth stays in the system of record. OcuDock coordinates appointments, capacity, arrivals and receiving facts around each movement.

System of record

Your existing ERP

  • Purchase orders and master data
  • Inventory and stock balances
  • Financial and procurement transactions

Authoritative commercial and stock records remain unchanged in purpose.

System of execution

OcuDock

  • Appointments, capacity and arrivals
  • Receiving facts and operational exceptions
  • Supplier and warehouse execution performance

Operational events stay linked to ERP references without becoming the inventory ledger.

What changes

A calmer inbound day starts with a plan everyone can see.

01

Appointments against real yard limits

Spread inbound loads before Thursday morning fills the dock—not after the trucks are already queued.

02

Exceptions before the gate

Amendments, late confirmations and short loads surface while planners and suppliers can still act.

03

One plan instead of a chase

Suppliers, planners and receiving share the same appointments, status and hand-offs—not four inboxes.

Next step

See the same operating plan on your sites.

Walk through supplier booking, capacity protection and receiving in a short demo tailored to your warehouses.