Carrier, trailer, PO, shipment, freight, and documents are captured before the gate gets surprised.
Your yard and your systems, connected.
Know what's coming. Control what happens next.
Book, check in, assign a door, close out — every team and your ERP see the same update, without rebuilding the story in phone calls and spreadsheets.
Visit status
BOOKED
You know what is coming before the truck arrives
One truck, one flowSample facility · 124 dock doors
TR-8842PO 44821NorthLineDoor B08BOOKED
BookedPartner
InboundOn road
GateLanes 1–4
StagingZone N-4
DockRow B
OutputDispatch
ExitGate-out
What is happening now
Printouts and closeout
Gate / dispatch printoutGate pass, BOL, visit sheet
Gate and dock attachmentsPhotos, POD, driver documents
Dock assignment noticeWarehouse notified when B08 is assigned
ERP closeout updateSystem event when the truck gates out
Built for yard teams
See the whole visit. Act before it costs you.
Yard management and partner booking stay in sync. Your team stays in control; gate, map, documents, and ERP get the same update.
One connected flow for the whole visit
From the carrier request to gate-out, every step stays in sync — not on a guard clipboard and three spreadsheets.
Gate, yard map, and partner booking stay on the same truck — no second spreadsheet.- Partner request through closeout in one place
- Dwell and delays visible to yard and carrier
- Status carriers can trust without calling the gate
See problems while there is still time
Missing paperwork, lane conflicts, no-shows, and stalled closeouts surface live — not after the detention invoice.
Dwell, documents, and lane issues surface early — your team decides what happens next.- Rules from your site, freight, and document policy
- Open issues show how long they have been waiting
- Your team decides the next move
Gate to dock on one map
Staging, door assignment, and who is actually in the spot share the same yard view your team already runs on.
Staging and doors follow live occupancy — operators stay in control.- Assigned spot vs truck actually there
- Door ready before the truck reaches the apron
- Printouts and photos tied to each step
Closeout follows the truck
Gate passes, PDFs, alerts, and ERP events fire from what actually happened on site — not from someone ticking a checkbox.
Printouts and ERP events follow what happened on site — your rules decide what sends.- Gate pass, BOL, and dispatch pack when rules say so
- Partners and ERP get the same times and door
- Audit trail when finance asks what happened
Why it matters
Your yard already runs on trucks, doors, and paperwork. They should stay in sync.
Gate teams, yard jockeys, dock coordinators, carriers, and finance often look at different screens. Connect gate-in, staging, door, freight, and closeout — so everyone answers the same question: where is this truck, and what happens next?
Gate facts before the truck moves Staging and doors on the yard map ERP updates when you gate out
Industry pressure
Waiting at the yard is expensive — and well measured.
These numbers are from transportation and supply chain research — not customer results from us. They explain why gate, yard, dock, and closeout need to stay in sync.
39.3%Stops where drivers reported detention
In 2023, drivers said they waited more than two hours beyond schedule on 39.3% of stops (ATRI, using 2023 detention data).
When gate-in, staging, and door time stay in sync, yards and carriers argue from facts — not from different spreadsheets.
ATRI, Costs and Consequences of Truck Driver Detention, 2024135M+Hours lost to detention (for-hire trucking)
For-hire trucking lost more than 135 million driver hours to detention in 2023.
Most of that waiting happens between the gate, the staging lot, and the door — often with no shared view.
ATRI, 2024$15BEstimated annual detention cost
ATRI estimates $11.5B in lost productivity and $3.6B in direct costs tied to detention in 2023.
Invoices get disputed when nobody agrees what happened on site — gate time, door, dwell, and documents.
ATRI, 20246.2%Higher crash risk when dwell rises
U.S. DOT OIG cited research estimating a 6.2% higher expected crash rate when average dwell rises 15 minutes.
Pressure at the gate and dock does not stay inside the yard — it follows drivers back on the road.
U.S. DOT Office of Inspector General, 2018On a busy yard, this is what breaks
- Carrier calls asking “where’s my truck?”Live status everyone sees — gate, staging, door, gate-out.
- Guard log ≠ what the warehouse seesSame gate-in time, lane, and trailer ID for yard and dock teams.
- Trailer sits in staging — nobody owns the waitStaging zone and dwell aging visible before detention.
- Door B08 on paper, truck at another bayDoor assignment and yard map presence on the same live update.
- ERP updated after the truck leftPrintouts, attachments, and ERP events go out at gate-out.
Gartner & data quality
Why data quality shows up at the gate
Gartner has reported that poor data quality undermines supply chain decisions and predictive tools — and that many yards remain a visibility gap between the warehouse and the road.
The yard is often a “black hole” where companies lack visibility to activities, inventory, and equipment.
Gartner, Market Guide for Yard Management (summarized in industry publications)
$12.9MAverage annual cost of poor data quality per organization (Gartner, 2020 enterprise survey).
Wrong gate time, door, freight line, or departure means partners and ERP get the wrong story.
We do not invent these savings. When gate times, door, dwell, and documents stay connected, yards and carriers act before delay turns into disputes and phone calls.
Industry research — not customer results from FlodockSources: ATRI (2024, 2023 data), U.S. DOT OIG (2018), Gartner (2020; Market Guide for Yard Management)
What your team tracks every day
Everything from gate-in to gate-out.
The same fields your operators use every day — visible to your yard and your carriers.
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Gate Gate-in and gate-out timesWhen the truck entered and left — visible to everyone, not a side spreadsheet.
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Door & zone Door and spot assignmentWhich door or zone the truck should use — visible to yard teams and carriers.
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Visit status Partner request through closeoutCarriers and your yard see the same status — from request to closeout.
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Freight Freight lines on siteArticle, quantity, BOL, batch, and lot while the truck is on site.
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Yard map Yard map: who is whereSee assigned spot, truck on site, informal use, or a conflict.
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Outputs Printouts and ERP syncNotifications, attachments, and ERP events go out automatically.
How a visit runs
From booking to gate-out — step by step.
Carriers see a simple status. Your gate, yard, and dock teams share the same facts — times, door, freight, and closeout.
01 Partner
Book
Carrier books a slot with the facts you need before arrival.
02 Rules
Check
Yard rules flag missing documents or schedule risk early.
03 Gate
Gate
Guard captures driver, trailer, lane, and freight in one place.
04 Yard
Move
Yard stages the truck and assigns a door — everyone sees it.
05 Done
Close
Printouts, gate-out, and history close on the same update.
When something stalls
Everyone sees the same delay — not a different story.
Gate, yard, dock, carrier, and ERP see one signal. No-shows, missing documents, long dwell, and late closeouts do not hide behind separate logs.
Yard alerts Live
Gate Trailer cleared at Lane 2
TR-8842 matched PO, freight, and required documents.
Dock Door B08 assigned
Yard and warehouse see the same door and time.
Closeout Dispatch pack ready
Printout and ERP update go out automatically.
Outputs
When the truck moves, the right paperwork follows.
Yard management should not end at a status flag. Gate capture, dock progress, freight lines, and gate-out become printouts, attachments, alerts, and ERP events — automatically.
- Updates follow what happened on site — not manual re-entry
- Carriers and partners see the same status as the gate
- ERP gets door, dwell, PO, and documents at gate-out
Built for real gate-to-dock yards Industry numbers are sourced — not made-up customer claims
- 01 Yard & dock Printout and PDF
Gate pass, BOL, visit sheet, and dispatch pack — ready when you need them.
- 02 Documents Attachments
Photos, POD, driver ID, and proof — linked to gate and dock events.
- 03 Live Alerts
Dock, carrier, and partner notices when status or dwell changes.
- 04 Integrations ERP and system sync
Events and partner updates with PO, door, dwell, and documents when the visit closes.
- SAP / ERP
- TMS and partner APIs
- Email alerts
- Print stations
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In the demo How gate-in and gate-out are captured onceHow staging, doors, and the yard map stay in syncHow dwell and delays show up before carriers callHow printouts, attachments, and ERP events go out automatically
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