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Velochain · Supply Chain Yard Management

Your yard,
built around
your doors.

No generic demo. Answer a few questions like you would with a consultant — how many doors, what type, how many trailers a day — and this page rebuilds itself around your facility: your door list, your yard plan, and the moves your hostlers will run.

24Dock doors
44Yard spots
~96Moves / day

↓ Change the answers in the consultant card — the door board, yard map, and move queue below all update to match.

VC
Your Velochain Consultant3 quick steps — about 60 seconds

First question — how many dock doors do you have?

Count every door a trailer can back into: inbound, outbound, and flex. We'll list every one of them by name in the next step.

Here are your doors — let's name & type them.

This is your actual door list. Set a naming prefix and mark each door Inbound, Outbound, or Flex. You can fine-tune individual doors later on the board.

DoorTypeOpens to

Last step — tell me about the operation.

This sizes your yard: how many spots, hostlers, and moves per day your plan needs.

What hurts the most today? (pick any)

STEP 1 OF 3
Tailored to your answers

Your yard plan — 24-door Regional DC

Built from the consultant answers above. Change any answer and this plan, the door board, and the move queue rebuild instantly.

24Dock doors configured

Listed by name below, each with its own type & status.

44Yard spots recommended

Roughly 1.8 spots per door so loaded trailers never block a door.

3Hostlers / shift

Sized for 85 trailers a day across 2 shifts.

~96Yard moves / day

Door pulls, door spots, and yard-to-yard repositions combined.

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Start with dock + yard visibility, then automate moves

    Your door list — live board

    Every door you counted, listed by name. Tap a door to cycle its status: Empty → Reserved → Loading → Occupied.

    Occupied Loading Empty Reserved Maintenance

    Live yard

    Moves in the yard

    This is what your hostlers see: every move queued, in progress, and done — door to yard, yard to door, and gate to spot. Start and complete moves to watch the doors and yard update.

    0Moves queued
    0In progress
    0Completed today
    0%Doors in use
    Yard map — North Dock
    What the system runs

    One system from gate to door

    Every module works off the same door list and yard map you just built — no spreadsheets, no radio calls asking “where's that trailer?”

    01

    Gate & Appointments

    Drivers book a door window, check in at the gate with their load ID, and get sent straight to a spot or door — no line of trucks idling at the guard shack.

    02

    Dock Door Management

    Your full door list with live status, inbound/outbound/flex types, and reservations. Doors are assigned by load priority, not by whoever shouts first.

    03

    Yard Moves & Hostler Tasks

    Moves are dispatched to hostler tablets in priority order — pull, spot, reposition — with the shortest route through your yard, so shuttles stop driving empty miles.

    04

    Trailer Visibility & Dwell

    Every trailer's spot, door, and dwell clock in one view. Loads approaching your dwell target or detention threshold flag automatically before they cost you.

    1 · BookCarrier books an appointment against a door type
    2 · Check inGate verifies load & assigns spot or door
    3 · MoveHostler gets the move on a tablet, runs it
    4 · Load / UnloadDoor status updates as work starts & finishes
    5 · Check outPaperwork verified, trailer released, dwell logged

    Your spec is ready.

    This is the summary a consultant would hand you after the first call — your doors, your yard sizing, and your priorities. Copy it, share it with your team, or send it over to start setup.

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