Automatic appointments booking

Application Name	CrossDockingPlanner
Application Summary	The information about inbound shipments is imported. It includes skus, quantities and other attributes. The scheduler starts creating outbound shipments from, let say, a fax or other outbound document. The sku quantities are split and outbound shipments are created. The scheduler assigns for each created shipment a carrier, shipment# and trailer/truck#. Next, the the created shipments are placed on the scheduling board with shipping doors and time. The system calculates the trailer loading time using a productivity standards. An export file and a web page with the shipping schedule are created. The web page includes summary data for management and detail data for the loaders. The trailer loading schedule can be generated automatically and edited, if needed. The logic takes in consideration grouping loaders into teams, available doors, required departure times and productivity standards.
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#	Functions	Benefits
1	An inbound sku can be split into the required quantities in one operation.	It saves scheduler time.
2	Outbound shipments are created using drag & drop.	It saves scheduler time and reduces mistakes.
3	The quantities of unused inbound skus are tracked.	It it eliminates the need to track of left skus quantities.
4	The trailer loading time is calculated.	It helps in manpower planning.
5	The visibility of shipping operation is improved.	It improves productivity.
6	The history of previous schedules is kept.	It allows to resolve inquires about previous shipments fast.
7	An export file with outbound shipments is created.	It eliminates data reentry for picking instructions.

A list of inbound shipments.
The board for creating outbound shipments. An inbound shipment is put on the board - the one on the left. Each entry with a dark background represents a sku: orderNo/sku/qty/weight. The original quantity of the sku was 100 and it has been split into quantities 35,35,10,5,15. An outbound shipment has been created - the one on the right. It has shipNo, carrier and trailer setup. It includes the quantity 35 of sku 20301 from the order 12345.
A snippet of a shipping schedule. Columns are the shipping doors and the rows represent time. The loading of the shipments starts at 3 pm. The red color represents shipment information: shipment#/qty/weight and carrier/traile#. The black color represents sku information: customerOrder/sku and qty/weight. A shipment may have one or many skus. The shipment and sku information is user configurable.