DataDocks Features

Yard Management

Live yard map, drag-and-drop trailer moves, color-coded dwell timers, and dispatched move orders. Yard visibility and dock scheduling in one platform.

DataDocks provides a live, interactive map for your yard operations. Stop relying on radios and clipboards. Get complete visibility of trailer locations and empower your team to schedule moves and track dwell times alongside dock scheduling. For a broader look at how yard management fits into warehouse operations, see our yard management system overview.

Core Capabilities

  • Interactive Yard Map: Drag and drop trailers to different parking spots or dock doors.

  • Color-Coded Dwell Timers: Spot aging inventory instantly with clear visual indicators.

  • Digital Move Orders: Dispatch tasks directly to yard jockey mobile devices with priority queuing.

  • Unified Scheduling: View yard operations and dock scheduling side by side.

What It Does on the Ground

ChallengeWhat DataDocks doesOperational result
No visibility into what’s sitting in the yardInteractive yard map with real-time trailer positions and color-coded dwell timersCoordinators stop walking the lot; managers get a single screen for the full picture
Dock scheduling and yard ops run on separate systemsScheduling and yard management in one platform. One login, one data modelNo double entry, no drift between appointment status and physical trailer location
Each facility has different dock layouts, rules, and workflowsPer-site configuration: dock doors, yard zones, capacity rules, and custom fieldsStandardize reporting across sites without forcing identical processes on each one
Yard jockeys work off radios and guessworkDigital move orders dispatched to mobile devices with priority queuingFewer wasted moves, faster dock turns, audit trail for every trailer touch

Multi-Site and Cross-Facility

Each facility gets its own dock door layout, yard zones, capacity rules, and custom fields. Your corporate team gets standardized reporting across every site without forcing identical processes on the floor.

Connects to Your Existing Stack

DataDocks sits between your TMS and your WMS. REST API, webhooks, EDI-via-API bridge, and SSO (OAuth 2.0 / SAML) come out of the box. Production integrations with SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion Cloud, NetSuite, and Microsoft Power BI. See the full list on the integrations page.

Deployment

  • Cloud-hosted SaaS: no on-prem infrastructure required.

  • SOC 2 certified: Data encrypted in transit and at rest.

  • Pilot-friendly: start with one facility, one shift, or even one dock door. Then expand.

Find out for yourself what DataDocks can do for your operations