The dock worker's day, on one live board
Doors and appointments move through arrival stages in real time on a board the whole crew shares. Call the next truck to the dock, update statuses as work happens, and see exceptions surfaced instead of buried.
What a dock worker does in Docking Buddy
- Works from the live dock operations board: which trucks are expected, checked in, staged, at a dock, and done.
- Uses the live yard map — every staging spot color-coded as empty, assigned, or occupied — to see where each truck is at a glance.
- Calls a truck from staging to the dock when a door opens, with a dock-occupancy check before the truck is sent.
- Updates load statuses as work progresses, so the board always reflects the floor.
- Can assign docks by default — and the facility manager can turn that off if the facility wants assignment kept with dispatchers.
The board matches the floor
Statuses update as work happens, so nobody walks the yard to find out what the board could have told them.
Staged trucks are visible, not forgotten
The yard map shows every staging spot at a glance, so a truck waiting in the yard is never invisible to the crew that needs to call it in.
Exceptions surface instead of hiding
Late trucks, verification mismatches, and flagged checks appear in the attention list instead of being discovered at the door.
Assignment flexibility, by facility choice
Dock workers can assign docks out of the box, which keeps small crews moving. Facilities that want tighter control can restrict assignment to dispatchers.
Controlled per facility
The facility manager decides whether dock workers can assign docks (on by default) and manages the yard's staging spots — adding, renaming, or taking a spot out of service without any setup help.
The other roles
The dock worker's day, on one live board
Doors and appointments move through arrival stages in real time on a board the whole crew shares. Call the next truck to the dock, update statuses as work happens, and see exceptions surfaced instead of buried.