Dock Appointments
Carrier bookings of a door and a slot — a gate entry for a delivery: what is coming or going, against which order or notice, how many pallets — and when the truck actually arrived. A door cannot be booked twice for the same time.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Warehouse
- Section: Dock Scheduling
- Screen: Dock Appointments
Address in the console: /scm/dock-appointments
List · 14 columns · 17 fields on its form · 3 of them required · 4 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Appointment | Code | appointment_no |
| Warehouse | Code | warehouse_code |
| Door | Code | door_code |
| Direction | Status | direction |
| From | Date and time | starts_at |
| To | Date and time | ends_at |
| Carrier | Text | carrier |
| Supplier | Text | supplier_name |
| PO | Code | po_no |
| Pallets | Number | pallets |
| Status | Status | status |
| Arrival | Status | arrival |
| Minutes late | Number | late_minutes |
| Booked by | Status | booked_via |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehouse required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Slot starts required | Date and time | On the calendar's grid: the opening time plus whole slots. | |
| Slots | Number | How many consecutive slots; one if empty. | |
| Direction required | Choice | inbound, outbound | |
| Door | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Leave empty for the first suitable free door. |
| Carrier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Carrier (not on file) | Text | ||
| Supplier | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Purchase order | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Reference | Text | ||
| Pallets | Number | ||
| Needs a refrigerated door | Yes or no | ||
| Hazardous goods | Yes or no | ||
| Trailer | Text | ||
| Driver | Text | ||
| Driver phone | Text | ||
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Check in primary
Asks for: Trailer Driver
To the door
Check out
Cancel
Asks for: Why
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.