Opendock Partners with Qued to Simplify Carrier Scheduling
July 01 2024 - 8:00AM
Opendock, Loadsmart’s leading dock scheduling software for
warehouses, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with
Qued, a scheduling integration software that closes the gap between
dozens of systems and carriers’ TMS. This partnership improves the
carrier-led scheduling process, making it easier for carriers to
book appointments across facilities.
Opendock offers an easy-to-use scheduling solution for
warehouses to manage their inbound and outbound processes better
while letting carriers book online. This makes it easier for
carriers to schedule online through a user-friendly interface or
building automation via API. Opendock helps warehouses reduce
unnecessary admin tasks, allowing their staff to focus on more
valuable tasks. However, as the leading dock scheduling solution
within the market, we recognize that many carriers rely on various
systems to schedule appointments, most of which lack an API.
Carriers face the challenge of navigating through multiple systems,
which requires maintaining long lists of URLs, instructions,
logins, and passwords for all their facilities. It’s inefficient
and a poor experience.
The integration work by Qued addresses these challenges by
allowing carriers to access and schedule appointments through their
internal TMS. This integration simplifies the scheduling process
for carriers and saves time for carrier operations staff. By
partnering with Qued, Opendock ensures that customers benefit from
a more connected, automated, and standardized approach to dock
scheduling.
“We have heard from carriers loud and clear that appointment
scheduling needs to be easier and more automated. We are talking to
every warehouse relying on phone calls and emails to adopt Opendock
and transform these archaic processes.
At Opendock, we're focused on helping warehouses move out of
their manual processes to make this type of connectivity a reality.
Then, we work with great partners like Qued, who solve the problems
for carriers by building these integrations across multiple
scheduling systems and the carriers’ TMS. The Qued team deeply
understands how scheduling works, and they are making it easy for
carriers to connect the dots.
With over 12 million annual appointments and 3,500 warehouses,
we currently see tens of thousands of appointments booked via API
every month on Opendock with partners like Qued and directly from
carriers.” - Jeff Booth, Sr. Director of
Product, Loadsmart
"Partnering with the Opendock team has brought great value to
our carrier and 3PL customers. The ability to instantly connect to
thousands of locations in their platform using their robust API set
made the process easy for our team. Bringing Opendock connections
directly to our customers in less than 24 hours is possible because
of this partnership." - Tom Curee, President,
Qued
About OpendockOpendock is an online dock
scheduling platform built specifically for the needs of warehouses.
It gives carriers an easy-to-use online portal to book appointments
online based on warehouse availability. This saves labor time,
improves throughput, reduces detention fees, and lessens dock and
yard congestion. Opendock serves SMB customers with hundreds of
monthly appointments to large enterprises with a hundred thousand
monthly appointments. It’s currently a vendor of choice for more
than 50 companies in the Fortune 500. For more information, please
visit: https://opendock.com/
About QuedQued is a cloud-based AI-enabled
smart workflow automation platform that transforms load appointment
scheduling for brokers, 3PLs, and carriers into the future. It
automates the entire process seamlessly, securing the ideal time
slot to schedule loads - all types of loads; even multi-stop loads.
No more juggling spreadsheets, a high volume of emails, and a
variety of portal logins. Carriers enjoy a smoother workflow,
shippers gain increased visibility, and brokers build trust with
on-time deliveries. Qued strengthens relationships by improving
communications and transparency. No more missed appointments and
frustrated customers – Qued’s intelligent platform delivers the
efficiency and reliability you need, helping your business thrive.
Let Qued’s real-time AI platform streamline your workflow and help
build your business. For more information about Qued, visit us at
www.qued.com, or send us an email to contact.us@qued.com.
About LoadsmartLoadsmart is revolutionizing the
logistics landscape by combining cutting-edge technology with
high-level transportation services to optimize freight spend,
increase efficiency, and enhance service quality. Whether through
managed transportation services, freight management software, dock
scheduling technology, truck management solutions, a dynamic
freight brokerage, or tailor-made optimization solutions, we
empower shippers, carriers, and warehouses to move more with less.
For more information, please visit https://loadsmart.com
Veronica Turk
Loadsmart
(646) 887 6278
veronica.turk@loadsmart.com
Jeff Booth
Loadsmart
jeffrey.booth@loadsmart.com