Warehouse Scheduling Software for Wholesale & Distribution
Sixty percent of daily volume shouldn't arrive in the first three hours. LoadingCalendar's dock appointment scheduling spreads arrivals evenly across your operating window — so your team, equipment, and carriers all work efficiently instead of in frantic bursts.
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Why dock chaos is draining your distribution margins
Slim distribution margins leave no room for dock inefficiency. Yet most wholesale operations still run on phone calls, spreadsheets, and first-come-first-served chaos.
The morning wave crushes your team
Without appointment scheduling, carriers cluster at opening time. Your receiving team is overwhelmed at 8am and idle by 2pm. Dock equipment, forklift operators, and staging space are all maxed out for two hours — then underused for the rest of the day.
Detention fees erode your margins
When trucks wait beyond their free time window, detention fees add up fast. Carriers that repeatedly face delays at your facility will deprioritise your loads or factor the wait time into future rate quotes — both costly outcomes for a thin-margin business.
Cross-dock timing failures add handling costs
Wholesale margins depend on cross-docking: inbound goods sorted and loaded directly onto outbound route trucks without going to storage. When inbound arrivals aren't scheduled precisely, the outbound truck waits idle or gets loaded out of stop-sequence — causing delivery errors, extra touches, and product that hits a shelf slot instead of a truck bed.
No data to improve with
If you're managing dock operations through phone calls and spreadsheets, you have no record of average turnaround times, peak congestion periods, or which carriers consistently run late. Without that data, you can't staff correctly, can't hold carriers accountable, and can't make the case internally for operational improvements.
Up and running in three steps
No IT project. No implementation consultant. No training weeks. Your team books the first appointment on day one.
Create your docks
Add your dock doors, set operating hours, and define how long each loading type takes. Takes two minutes.
Share your booking link
Every carrier gets a link to your branded portal. They see only available slots and book without calling anyone.
Your calendar runs itself
Appointments appear automatically. Your team gets notified of changes. No spreadsheets, no phone tag.
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Built for operations teams, not IT departments
€99/month flat rate
Unlimited users, unlimited docks, unlimited carriers. No per-seat fees, no setup costs, no surprise invoices at the end of the month.
2-minute setup
Create your warehouse, add dock doors, set hours. Your first booking link is ready before your coffee gets cold. No onboarding call required.
Branded carrier portal
Carriers book themselves through your white-labelled portal. No account creation, no passwords — just a magic link and a calendar showing real availability.
Touchscreen-ready
Works perfectly on the dock tablet or wall-mounted screen. Your team can check and update the schedule from the dock floor, not just the office.
Real-time notifications
The moment a carrier books, changes, or cancels — your team knows. No more being caught off guard by an early arrival or a last-minute reschedule.
No training required
Your team figures it out in minutes. Carriers figure it out in seconds. No manual, no onboarding call, no IT ticket. If you can use a calendar, you can use LoadingCalendar.
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100+ years of experience in logistics
LoadingCalendar is a product from Cargoson team who have a combined 100+ years of experience working in logistics. We understand the troubles of warehouse management - endless phone calls and emails, loading delays, detention fees and lack of visibility. This is why we created LoadingCalendar - powerful warehouse scheduling system to solve your problems.
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