Dock Scheduling

Your personal AI Dock Coordinator

Stop playing phone tag with carriers. Let them self-schedule appointments, track arrivals in real-time, and optimize dock capacity—automatically.

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Trusted by modern supply chains

Dock Management for Warehouses of All Types

Meet the key features of Owlery's Dock Scheduling, each designed to make your operations as streamlined and hands free as possible.

Carrier Self-Scheduling Portal

Carriers book appointments 24/7

No emails or phone calls required.

Time slot availability for carriers

Update in real-time based on your dock capacity rules.

PO and reference number validation

ensures only authorized shipments book slots.

Automatic confirmation

Emails with appointment details, directions, and dock requirements.

Bar and line chart showing loads and average cost per load from November 2024 to November 2025, with bar heights fluctuating and line trending slightly downward.

Custom Dock Configuration

Set capacity rules

by dock door, time slot, or carrier. Define appointment windows, buffer times, and maximum daily throughput.

Separate order type

scheduling with different rules for inbound vs outbound or FTL vs LTL

AI enforces your rules

prevents overbooking and conflicts automatically.

Email notification showing order SO-18293 shipment details, tracking link, and delivery status with 17 pickups and 28 deliveries.

Visual Appointment Calendar

Color-coded calendar

Shows appointment status: requested, approved, arrived, departed.

Filter

by door, carrier, or appointment type.

Real-time capacity visualization

see available slots at a glance.

Freight invoice #10910 dated 18th June 2025 billed to Night Owl Coffee in San Francisco, CA, totaling $446.20 with line items for frozen commodity, lumper fee, and fuel surcharge.

Driver Check In Tracking

Monitor when drivers arrive

including freight, accessorials, and handling.

Record key driver information

for any audit or compliance check.

Auto notification

emails for complete visibility.

Shipment tracking interface showing a map with a route from Brunswick and a discussion thread with updates from dispatcher J.B. Hunt, system notifications, and carrier rep Daniel K. about shipment #5478.

Stop Playing Phone Tag

Let carriers self schedule to optimize your dock operations.

24/7
self service scheduling.
80
%
time spent coordinating appointments.
100
%
driver check in tracking.

With Owlery, nothing falls through the cracks. This saves me a day’s worth of emails and prevents a truck from getting stranded.

Logistics Manager
Force of Nature

Owlery brings new technology, automation, and data driven decision making to our operations.

Director of Logistics
Local Bounti

We reduced our freight costs 25% in the first three months using Owlery.

VP Supply Chain
Daily Harvest

End dock scheduling chaos for good

Let carriers book appointments anytime while reducing delays

Optimize your dock schedules
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Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers for modern shippers.

Can't find what you need? Email us: founders@owlery.ai

How quickly can we get started?

You'll be live in four weeks or less. Our three-phase implementation – Integrations, Configurations, and Training – is designed to fit your existing operations, ensuring a fast ROI without disrupting your workflow.

What types of operations benefit most from Owlery?

Owlery is purpose-built for mid-market and enterprise shippers who manage high-volume or complex freight. We specialize in industries with demanding logistics, including: Food & Beverage, Cold Chain, CPG, Industrial, Manufacturing, Home Goods, and Paper.

How is Owlery different from a traditional TMS Platform?

Traditional TMS software is rigid and focused solely on transportation execution. Owlery is an AI-driven Logistics Management Platform that automates the entire lifecycle - from intelligent load building to inventory-aware planning.

As a carrier-agnostic and shipper-first partner, we eliminate any conflict of interest that other platforms often carry. While legacy systems require months of manual configuration, Owlery adapts to your unique workflows, ensuring rapid ROI without operational disruption.

Who is the team behind Owlery?

We are logistics veterans who have lived your pain. Our founding team built the platforms at Uber Freight, Flexe, and Flock Freight, and we started Owlery because we knew shippers deserved better than legacy software. Guided by an advisory board of industry leaders - from DAT to supply chain executives at companies like Grocery Outlet - and backed by top institutional investors, we’ve built a team that understands logistics from every angle.

Our mission is simple: Make Supply Chain Teams Happy.

What types of freight does Owlery support?

Owlery is a true multi-modal platform built to handle the complexity of modern supply chains. Whether you’re moving Full Truckload (FTL), Less-than-Truckload (LTL), Intermodal, Air Freight, Ocean Freight, or Parcel, Owlery automates the orchestration of every move. From dry van and temperature-controlled loads to specialized industrial freight, if it moves in your supply chain, Owlery optimizes it.

Is our data secure?

Security is our baseline, not an add-on. Owlery is built on enterprise-grade infrastructure with encryption for data at rest and in transit, and default SSO to ensure secure user access. With 24/7 monitoring and redundant fallbacks, you can rely on zero-interruption for your operations.

How do you pronounce "Owlery"?

Call it whatever feels natural – OWL-er-ee is the most common. We chose the name because owls represent everything modern logistics should be: vigilant, sharp, and capable of seeing what others miss. Those aren't just brand values – they're what we build into the platform every day to catch disruptions and optimize your supply chain before problems arise.

Something else?

Don't hesitate to reach out to our support team: support@owlery.ai

Ready to make your supply chain team happy?

Start saving on freight and time in days—not months

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