Appointment Scheduling

Web-based process is quick to implement; streamlines flow of goods through distribution centers

 

If you’re using phone or fax to schedule dock appointments, then you’ve got too many people spending too much time on hold, leaving messages and waiting for answers.

One Network appointment scheduling puts everything in one place, and eliminates the wait. Shippers and carriers simply log on to a retailer’s network hub, coordinate pickup and delivery schedules in one session, and get immediate confirmations. What’s more, you’ll have assurance that labor and staging are there and ready for your dock appointment.

Believe me when I tell you that your scheduling system is far superior to any of the others I use.”

a dispatcher for a major U.S. carrier

Spend your time more productively – and get your goods where they need to be, faster. You’ll improve carrier relations, reduce store stock-outs, and improve your bottom line.

Dock Door Scheduling Benefits for Retailers

  • Get instant access to over 800 carriers and 50 vendors who are already using the One Network for online dock scheduling. They’ll start making online appointments with you the day you activate your hub.
  • Activate your retail hub in 15 to 60 days, with full integration to your backend inventory, order and financial systems.
  • Make scheduling easy for your carriers. Help ensure you’ll get their scarce capacity despite driver shortages and Hours of Service / Working Time Directive issues.
  • Gain 100% visibility of all inbound shipments. With all appointments going through One Network, you get full visibility of both vendor-controlled and retailer-controlled shipments.
  • Improve productivity. One Network subscribers typically cut appointment scheduling staff 75% while increasing on-time appointments, cutting carrier dwell time and reducing accessorial charges
  • Simplify score carding of your vendors and carriers. Use appointment data to easily track order target delivery date vs. appointment, on-time delivery, carrier dwell time, number of rescheduled appointments, order quantity changes and more.

Dock Door Scheduling Benefits for Suppliers and Carriers

  • Make more accurate order commitments. Understand availability of dock, labor and warehouse staging, not just availability of product.
  • Get a fast start. Activate users in less than a day.
  • Simplify scheduling. Use the same easy-to-use on-line scheduling tools and process with any retailer on the network.
  • Schedule pickup and delivery appointments in one session, and make sure they match.
  • Improve asset utilization by getting more realistic schedules and reducing dwell time.

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One Network connects all supply partners on a shared network with many-to-many connectivity. Join us and get immediate access to a global community – currently over a thousand manufacturers, retailers, carriers and equipment service providers already on board. Contact One Network today.

 

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