Yard & dock glossary

A scheduled arrival window for a truck visit. In a YMS, appointments become operational visits once confirmed and checked in at the gate.

A site configuration where valid carrier booking requests are confirmed immediately without manual yard review.

Automated ERP and TMS sync via REST APIs and webhooks when visits complete — event-driven architecture for the yard management suite.

Advanced Shipping Notice — inbound shipment data that closeout events from the YMS can confirm at gate-out.

Shipping document listing freight contents and parties — captured at gate or dock on the visit record for closeout and dispute resolution.

A self-service surface where carriers request visits, submit required data, and follow status from confirmation through gate-out.

Gate arrival event where driver, trailer, and required documents are captured on the visit record.

Final processing when a visit completes — gate-out timestamp, documents, and structured outputs to ERP or webhooks.

The unified software layer that orchestrates gate, yard map, dock, dwell intelligence, carrier booking, and ERP closeout on one visit lifecycle — the modern way to run a yard management system.

Carriers book visits, submit required data, and follow status without calling the gate — through the carrier portal on the same rules engine the yard uses.

Camera-based gate capture that reads plates, trailer IDs, and equipment — part of AI yard management when paired with operator-approved workflows on the visit record.

A yard that stages and tracks shipping containers and chassis — common at intermodal ramps and port-adjacent facilities — managed on the same visit lifecycle as trailer yards.

The wheeled frame that carries a shipping container on the road — captured at gate-in with container ID on intermodal and port-adjacent visits.

A port or rail facility where containers are handled — yard management software tracks gate-through-staging visits; terminal operating systems handle vessel or rail plans.

Penalty charges when equipment or cargo exceeds allowed free time on site. Stage-level dwell visibility helps teams act before demurrage accrues.

Assigning a specific door to a visit, linked to staging status and warehouse notification on the same record.

Physical loading/unloading bay. In a YMS, door status ties to visit progress and WMS receiving or shipping tasks.

Managing appointment queues and door calendars. In yard management software, dock scheduling shares the visit record with gate and yard map.

Recording driver identity and credentials at gate-in as part of site-configured required fields.

Time a trailer spends on site, tracked by stage — since gate-in, since staged, since at the door.

Notification fired when a visit exceeds a site-configured time threshold at a given stage.

Carrier penalty when equipment exceeds agreed free time — predictive dwell and yard intelligence help teams act before detention accrues.

Live digital model of yard occupancy and equipment positions — the yard map view of spots, zones, and trailers updated as moves happen on site.

Scheduled dock door window for a visit — linked to carrier booking, gate check-in, and staging status on the same record.

Trailer left on site without the tractor — tracked as a visit or equipment record with dwell from drop time through pickup or gate-out.

Sending structured closeout events from the YMS to SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Dynamics, or custom endpoints.

Queue of open yard issues — missing documents, lane pressure, stalled closeouts — surfaced on the intelligence panel with age and recommended next action.

Structured JSON fields sent at gate-out or other visit milestones via webhook or API — PO, dwell, documents, departure timestamp.

Recording load type, PO, seal, and document references at gate or dock — feeds closeout payloads to ERP and dispute audits.

Structured data collection at arrival and departure: trailer, driver, lane, PO, freight, and documents.

The event when a truck enters the facility and is recorded on the visit timeline with capture timestamp.

Departure event closing the visit — final timestamp and audit history for finance and carriers.

Staff at the entrance who check trucks in and out, enforce required fields, and initiate the visit record.

A truck arrival for receiving — supplier, customer return, or inter-facility transfer unloading at your dock.

A facility connecting road, rail, or port legs — container and chassis identity at gate, staging zones, and demurrage-sensitive dwell on one YMS visit record.

Yard driver who moves trailers between spots, staging lanes, and dock doors based on assignments on the yard map.

Real-time view of which spots are occupied, empty, or in conflict on the yard map.

Directing an arriving truck to a gate lane or staging row at check-in — configured per site on the gate management module.

Real-time visit state — at gate, staged, at door, or departed — visible to yard, dock, and carriers on the connected yard platform.

Enterprise operation with multiple gate locations — each site configured independently with shared platform administration.

A truck departure for shipping — loading at the dock and exiting through gate-out.

Staging condition when primary lot capacity is exceeded; visits queue or move to secondary zones.

On-time in-full — inbound performance metric. Yard dwell and dock readiness directly affect OTIF when trailers wait in staging past appointment windows.

Secondary yard area used when primary staging is full — yard map and alerts help leads redirect before gate queues grow.

Stage-level dwell tracking with threshold and risk surfacing before detention or disputes — part of dwell intelligence on the connected yard platform.

Surge inbound/outbound volume period — carrier self-service and dwell alerts reduce gate calls when appointment volume spikes.

A site configuration where carrier requests wait for yard staff approval before the visit becomes operational.

Site-configured logic for booking, gate fields, dwell thresholds, and closeout — orchestrates visit handoffs on the connected yard platform.

Role-based access control — gate, yard, dock, and admin roles scoped per site on the yard management system.

A defined parking location on the yard map within a zone — assigned to one visit at a time.

Holding a trailer in the yard lot before dock assignment — tracked as a visit stage with its own dwell timer.

Designated yard area where trailers wait before dock assignment — live map occupancy and dwell timers apply per spot.

Tamper-evident seal number recorded at gate-in or dock — part of freight and document capture on the visit record.

Yard driver who moves trailers between spots and dock doors — receives move tasks from the yard map on the same visit assignments jockeys execute.

The equipment unit identified at gate-in and tracked through spot assignment, dock, and gate-out.

Transportation management system — plans freight between facilities; integrates with the yard management system at arrival and closeout.

Shared or dedicated trailer fleet staged on site — each unit tracked on the yard map with dwell and spot assignment like any visit.

The operational record for one truck engagement — from booking or walk-in through gate-out.

The sequence of stages a visit passes through: booked, confirmed, at gate, staged, at dock, completed.

Automated coordination of gate, yard map, dock, and closeout stages on one visit record — the core job of a yard management suite.

End-to-end control of one truck engagement from booking through gate-out — the core job of a yard management system on a connected yard platform.

Warehouse management system — inventory, locations, and tasks inside the building. Integrates with YMS at the dock.

HTTP callback that sends structured visit events at gate-out or other milestones — part of API-first closeout on the connected yard platform.

Software connecting gate capture, yard map, dock scheduling, dwell, carrier booking, and ERP closeout on one visit record.

Digital layout of zones and spots with live occupancy, move instructions, and conflict detection.

The full module set inside a YMS — gate, yard map, dock, partners, dwell intelligence, freight, and closeout — sold and operated as one connected platform.

Real-time visibility plus AI-assisted exception detection, predictive dwell risk, and automated closeout — intelligence that supports operators without replacing their control.

Vendor term for an AI-native or vision-connected yard platform — functionally a yard management system spanning gate through closeout; Flodock maps YOS searches to the YMS category pillar.

Automated coordination of gate, yard map, dock, and closeout stages on one visit record — visit orchestration across the yard management suite.

Rollout of gate capture, yard map, integrations, and carrier rules per site — typically phased from gate-in through ERP closeout on the connected yard platform.

Total or stage-level time a trailer or container spends on site — tracked from gate-in through staging and dock; alerts fire before detention or demurrage thresholds.

A logical area on the yard map — inbound staging, outbound staging, overflow, or pre-dock lanes.