Efficient Gating and Docking Setup for Transport Hubs
Learn how to efficiently set up and manage gates and docks for transport hubs, including vehicle verification and trip management.
By Shipsy
In this guide, we'll learn how to manage the process of gating and docking for plant operations. This involves setting up gates and docks specific to your hub, and using the Trip Manager to track expected vehicle arrivals. We'll cover how to verify vehicle and rider details, assign docks, and perform necessary scans for efficient loading and unloading. By following these steps, you can ensure smooth operations from vehicle arrival to departure.
Let's get started
Setup section for gates and docks
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Click here
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This part explains how to setup the docks and gates (one time activity)
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Click here
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Click here
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Check Docks tab to ensure docks are added for the plant code
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similarly check Gates are added for the plant code
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You can add a Dock or Gate by clicking add new
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Enter details and confirm
This is the End of the setup section, we now move to daily operations for Gating and docking
Verify the driver, vehicle and Vendor details when a vehicle has reported
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Click here
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Select the correct hub
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Select the required date range
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This will show a list of all the trips and the expected vehicle and driver
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Click on a trip no. to go to trip details page
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Click on trip details
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To confirm the vendor name as well
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Click here
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Click on "= Trip Manager"
Start of Gating and Docking
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After confirming the details, go to Vehicle section
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This will show a list of expected, arrived, outbound vehicles etc
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Go to top right menu and select Gate in
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Select the vehicle and the gate no and add comments
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Click here
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This vehicle will now show up in assigned tab
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Go to top right menu to assign the dock
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Type "Cmd + V"
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Type "Assigning dock 1 for loading"
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Enter the required details
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Once the vehicle has reached the dock, complete dock inscan process
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Confirm after filling the details
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The status of the vehicle will now change to dock inscan
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After loading complete the dock outscan process
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Confirm Dock Outscan
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The vehicle will now show in outbound section
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Now complete the Gate out process
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Enter details and confirm Gate out
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Now go back to trip manager page
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The relevant trip and vehicle will now show up in the started section
