Cellular + WiFi buzzers · No gateway to install · Deploy in hours

Every minute your trucks wait in the yard costs you money.

DockDirector gives distribution centres real-time truck visibility, automated bay assignment, and WMS integration — cutting dwell time by up to 60% from day one.

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90 min

Average wasted per truck stop

$120/hr

Detention fee carriers charge

60%

Dwell time reduction with DD

$25K+

Annual cost per truck (idle time)

The Problem

Your yard is a black box.

While you're reading this, trucks are queuing at your gate, bays are sitting empty, and detention clocks are running. It doesn't have to be this way.

Trucks sit idle for 2+ hours

The industry average dwell time is 2.4 hours per stop. Your dock coordinator is manually tracking 20+ trucks on a whiteboard.

Detention fees you can't dispute

Carriers charge $85–$120/hour after the free window. Without an audit trail, you have no evidence to push back. You just pay.

Your WMS knows what's coming. Your yard doesn't.

The purchase order is in the system. The truck is at the gate. Nobody connected the two. The driver is on his phone waiting.

Bay contention kills throughput

Three trucks want the same bay. Your clerk is juggling calls, spreadsheets, and a PA system. Two trucks leave and come back later.

A 20-bay DC with 80 trucks/week wastes $156,000/year in dwell time.

Based on: 90 min wasted per stop × $40/hr driver cost × 52 weeks + average detention fees.

How It Works

Simple for drivers.
Powerful for operations.

From gate-in to gate-out, every step is tracked, automated, and recorded.

STEP 01

Truck arrives. Driver gets a buzzer.

At the gate, the guard hands the driver a DockDirector buzzer — a GPS device the size of a pager. No app, no phone, no complexity.

STEP 02

Real-time position on your dashboard.

The buzzer transmits GPS over cellular (SIM/eSIM) or WiFi — no gateway hardware to install. You see every truck, in real-time, on an interactive map.

STEP 03

Bay auto-assigned. Truck gets notified.

Your WMS matches the delivery. DockDirector assigns the best bay. The buzzer vibrates and shows the bay number on its OLED display.

STEP 04

Complete audit trail. Fewer disputes.

Every event is timestamped. Dwell time is recorded. When a carrier sends a detention invoice, you have the data to push back.

No gateway to install

Buzzers connect over cellular (SIM/eSIM) or your site WiFi — straight to the cloud. No on-site radio gateway to mount, power, or maintain.

Driver-proof hardware

Buzzer devices are ruggedised for yard environments. IP65, multi-day battery, replaceable. Drivers can't break it by dropping it.

Buzzer returns to pool on exit

Gate staff collect the buzzer at exit. It's returned to the pool automatically. No lost devices, no ordering hassles.

Features

Everything your dock needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Live GPS map

Every truck on a real-time Leaflet map. Position history, geofence zones, bay overlay.

Auto bay assignment

Match incoming truck to WMS delivery, find best available bay, send buzzer notification — automatically.

Buzzer notifications

Bay number, hold message, proceed to gate, custom 6-char OLED message. Driver gets it instantly.

WMS matching

4-tier matching: exact order ref → booking/PO/docket → rego + time window → manual fallback.

Dwell time analytics

Average dwell by carrier, by day, by bay. Identify your worst offenders and best performers.

Detention evidence

Timestamped gate-in, bay-assigned, loading-complete, gate-out. Export PDF for any dispute.

Multi-site dashboard

Run 10 DCs? See them all in one view. Drill down to any site in one click.

Role-based access

Admin, clerk, guard, read-only. Each role sees exactly what they need.

Real-time SSE

Dashboard updates instantly via Server-Sent Events. No refresh, no polling. Just live data.

Integrations

Connects to your WMS in hours, not months.

Webhook-first, field-mapping based. No custom development needed.

SAP EWM

OData / RFC / BTP Event Mesh

Oracle WMS Cloud

REST API + Event Subscriptions

Manhattan Associates

Active WM REST / WMoS XML

Infor WMS

ION API + BOD XML

Blue Yonder / JDA

Luminate REST + SOAP legacy

Microsoft D365 SCM

Power Automate + OData

NetSuite WMS

SuiteScript RESTlet

Any REST / Webhook

JSON field mapping, no code

How integration works

Your WMS sends a webhook when an inbound order is created

DockDirector extracts fields using your custom JSONPath mapping

When the truck arrives, DockDirector notifies your WMS in real-time

Bay assignment and loading completion update your WMS automatically

< 2hr

Average integration setup time

Integration cost on Pro+ plans

Results

The numbers speak for themselves.

67%

reduction in average dwell time

measured over 90 days

$4,200

saved in detention fees

first month, single DC

2.5hr

dock coordinator time saved

per day, manual tasks eliminated

100%

bay assignment accuracy

vs 78% with manual process

"We were paying $8,000 a month in detention fees that we couldn't dispute because we had no proof. DockDirector gave us the data within the first week. We cut our disputed fees by 70%."

Michael K.

DC Operations Manager, 3PL — Melbourne

Pricing

Straightforward pricing. Massive ROI.

No setup fees. No lock-in. Rent, deposit or buy your buzzers. Cancel anytime.

Starter

$300/month

Perfect for smaller DCs getting started

1 distribution centre
Up to 10 dock bays
Supports up to 20 buzzers
Real-time GPS dashboard
Manual bay assignment
Email support

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Common questions.

Everything you need to know before getting started.

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