Annex OrbisComing
Gate check at the dock tablet
Whoever is at the gate looks at the driver and decides: admit, refer or refuse. The selfie and the licence go on the record with a note, and only an admitted driver can be given a door.
Warehouse (WMS) · Dock & yard
Every truck in the yard. Longest wait first.
The Dock and yard board lists today’s trucks with the one waiting longest on top and the minutes past free time on every card. Each visit runs on one record, from the booking to the gate, the door and release, in the WMS with the TMS built in.
Dock and yard boardIn testingSite map and amenitiesIn testingBooking, gate check, door and releaseComing
The board is in testing. The screens that book a truck, check it in at the gate, give it a door and release it are coming.
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Where it works
Watch the whole dock from the office, or from a tablet at the door.
The board is a page of the web app, so it opens wherever the WMS does: on the dock office computer, or in a tablet’s browser out on the dock.
Today, device by device
- WebIn testingThe Dock and yard board, on a computer or in a tablet’s browser 768 px wide or more. Site maps and amenities sit under Organization › Locations.
- TabletComingGate check-in at the dock door, in the tablet app, is coming. The board already opens in the tablet’s browser.
- MobileComingThe door and the site’s rules on the driver’s phone are coming. A phone’s browser can’t open the WMS.
The tablet and mobile apps are test builds on company devices, not store releases. Their Warehouse lists cover stock, not the yard.
The board
Read the whole yard in one pass.
A board sorted by appointment time reads like a plan. This one is sorted by who has waited longest, because the truck running up detention is the one nobody is looking at.
In testing
- Today’s trucks, inbound and outbound, in one list.
- Longest wait first. Released trucks sink to the bottom.
- Within free time, or the minutes past it, on every card.
- An arrival claimed from outside the fence is flagged on the card for the gate to judge.
- Only people who may run the yard see it in the Warehouse menu.
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Booking to release
One visit, one record, from the booking to the open road.
Every truck moves through five steps: booked, arrived, admitted at the gate, at a door, released. Each step records who took it and when, and two rules hold on every visit: no door for a driver nobody admitted, and never two trucks at one door.
ComingComing to the web app and the dock tablet.
Coming
The door, on the driver’s phone
When the dock gives a truck a door, the driver sees it with the site’s rules for drivers: where to check in, what to wear, which papers to bring.
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The facility clock
Every minute past free time, while the truck is still waiting.
Every visit carries a clock. It starts at the later of the truck’s arrival and the start of its window, gives 120 minutes of free time unless you set another, and stops when the truck is released.
- Minutes past free time on every card of the boardIn testing
- The clock started by your dock’s arrival check, 120 free minutes by defaultComing
- Free time set visit by visitComing
- The same arrival, door and release times for you and the carrier, to settle detention fromComing
An early truck starts the clock when its window opens, not before. The clock counts minutes; it doesn’t send a bill.
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Site map and amenities
Map your building once: gates, doors, offices and the truck path.
Each location keeps its own site map. Add the truck entrance, the receiving office, every dock door, the driver waiting area and the places trucks may not go, then the amenities drivers ask about.
- Site-map features: entrances and exits, check-in points, dock doors, offices, waiting spots, paths and restricted areasIn testing
- Amenities with capacity, hours, fees and who may use themIn testing
- Requirements drivers see: PPE, documents, check-inComing
- A dock door on the map tied to the receipts it takesComing
Features are private to your organization and listed as labelled cards under the site’s map.
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Dock procedures
Safety steps that gate the dock crew. Never the driver.
Write the steps your dock needs before a door opens: wheels chocked, air lines disconnected, the seal number checked, the dock lock on. The crew’s “safe to open” turns on when the required steps are in.
Coming
- Steps you write per site, and per door when a door needs its own
- A photo or a number where a step calls for one
- Each step recorded with who did it and when
The driver stays in charge of the truck
Procedures gate only your crew’s door work. Driving is recorded automatically while the truck moves; at any stop the driver can choose any status, Drive included.
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Coming to the dock
The rest of the dock office, on the same record.
The board is the dock office’s first screen. The rest is coming, each piece on the same visit record.
- Dock calendarComingDoor capacity, receiving hours and slot rules, so a booking only lands where the dock can take it.
- Self-booking linkComingCarriers and brokers book open slots within your rules, without a call to the receiving office.
- Arrival from the geofenceComingA driver crossing your fence becomes the yard arrival, so the gate knows before the truck stops.
- Inbound board with live ETAsComingEvery truck heading to you, with its estimate and a flag when it’s running late.
- Guest check-in by text linkComingDrivers whose carriers aren’t on ANNEX ORBIS check in from a link on their own phone.
- One clock for both sidesComingThe warehouse and the carrier read the same arrival, door and release times when detention is settled.
Working today, with the TMS built in
The yard lives in the TMS that comes with the WMS, beside the loads, stops and tracking links.
Transport & the TMS- Appointments on your loads’ stops: a window, an exact time, or first come, first servedAvailable
- Arrival and departure times from the stop’s geofenceIn testing
- Tracking links a carrier sends you, with the estimate for your stopIn testing
- The proof a stop asks for: seal number, BOL signer, pallet countIn testing
Status, plainly
Dock and yard, plainly
Available is live in production. In testing is built and running, not yet proven with real customers. Coming is planned or partly built.
The board
- Dock and yard board: today’s trucks, longest wait firstIn testing
- Minutes past free time on every cardIn testing
- States from booked to released, with “At a door”In testing
- An arrival claimed from outside the fence, shown on the cardIn testing
- Shown only to people who may run the yardIn testing
The visit
- Book a window, inbound or outbound, with a reference and carrierComing
- Confirm the arrival and start the clockComing
- Gate check: admit, refer or refuse, with selfie and licence on recordComing
- A door for each truck, one truck per doorComing
- Release: the door comes free and the clock stopsComing
- The door sent to the driver’s phoneComing
- The receipt tied to the truck’s visit and doorComing
Site and rules
- Site-map features: gates, doors, offices, waiting spots, pathsIn testing
- Amenities with capacity, hours, fees and audienceIn testing
- Requirements shown to drivers: PPE, documents, check-inComing
- Dock procedures that gate the crew’s “safe to open”, never the driverComing
Planning the dock
- Dock calendar with door capacity and receiving hoursComing
- Self-booking link for carriers and brokersComing
- Arrival from the driver’s geofenceComing
- Inbound board with live ETAsComing
- Guest-driver check-in by text linkComing
- The facility clock as a record both sides settle detention fromComing
Not offered
- A yard trailer map and spot moves
- Freight Beacon arrival alerts at the dock
FAQ
Questions warehouses ask
Can carriers book their own appointments?
That’s the self-booking link: carriers and brokers take open slots on your dock calendar, within your rules, without calling the receiving office. The link, the calendar and booking from the dock office are coming.
Does the board track detention for us?
The board shows every truck’s minutes past free time while it waits (in testing). The clock starts at the later of the truck’s arrival and its window, gives 120 free minutes by default and stops at release. It counts minutes; it doesn’t send a bill. Starting it from your dock’s arrival check, and settling detention from it with the carrier, are coming.
Could a dock procedure ever stop a driver from driving?
No. Procedures gate only your crew’s “safe to open”. Driving is recorded automatically while the truck moves; at any stop the driver can choose any status, Drive included.
Does it work on a tablet, or a phone?
On a tablet, yes: the board opens in a tablet’s browser 768 px wide or more, and gate check-in in the tablet app is coming. A phone’s browser can’t open the WMS; the door and the site’s rules on the driver’s phone are coming.
What about drivers whose carriers don’t use ANNEX ORBIS?
The visit is yours, so it doesn’t need the carrier on ANNEX ORBIS: a booking names the carrier or leaves it blank. Booking, and guest check-in by text link on the driver’s own phone with no account, are coming.
Do we have to run the TMS too?
Yes, and it comes built in. Turning on the WMS turns on Routes, our TMS, with Workforce and Accounting. The yard lives in Routes beside your loads, stops and tracking links. A carrier will see only its own slot and door, never your yard; that carrier view is coming.
Keep exploring
The rest of the warehouse
- Receiving & putawayReceive at the door into quarantine, inspect, put away and close with every difference on record.
- Inventory controlA stock ledger nobody can edit: bins in your own words, conditions, lots and one-step recall.
- FulfillmentPick to staging, ship and correct, with the order confirming each shipment.
- Transport & the TMSInbound and outbound with the TMS built in: tracking links, proof at the stop, arrival times.
- Floor & peopleTablets and phones on the floor, company devices, time clock and permissions by duty.
- 3PL & billingAn owner on every lot, quotes to orders to invoices, and the books on the same sign-in.
Put every truck in your yard on one board.
Tell us how your dock runs today: the doors, the windows, the gate and who waits where. We’ll walk you through the board and what comes next, with your own building in mind.
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