C3's Yard Management and Dock Scheduling Blog

Given that ‘compliance’ is a broad topic which covers all aspects of your business, in this blog we’ll put it in context of the warehouse receiving dock; where in the process of unloading a container or trailer, you need to capture shipment errors such as product damage, incorrect paperwork, improper labelling and so forth.  For those operations…

The new HOS rules are certainly hitting a nerve.  The driving justification (no pun intended) behind these new rules is safety; which is fair enough.  However, numerous blogs and comment threads from carriers express their frustrations towards the new rules; many industry players go so far as to accuse politicians in Washington and the Teamsters of being…

In a previous blog, we determined that the operation must understand the costs related to inaccurate shipments, determine the elements which need to be monitored and establish the necessary performance indicators to be able to take the necessary actions to reduce the cost of non-conformance on the dock.  It is our opinion that the business needs…

“You know how to take the reservation you just don’t know how to HOLD the reservation and that’s really the most important part of the reservation – the holding….” We’ve all seen the infamous Seinfeld episode where Jerry rants at the car rental attendant on the most important aspect of a reservation – the holding…