Enter dock and scheduling inputs
Add the number of loading docks, your appointment slot duration in minutes, daily operating hours, and expected truck arrivals per day.
APPOINTMENT-SLOT CAPACITY ESTIMATE
DockFlow
Enter number of loading docks, appointment slot duration, daily operating hours, and expected truck arrivals to estimate appointment-slot capacity and congestion risk.
- Uses your inputs in a transparent calculation
- Instant result with practical next steps
- No signup required
Planning guidance only. Validate important decisions with customer evidence and your delivery team.
YOUR INPUTS
Build your result
Complete every field. The result updates only when you choose Calculate.
How it works
We calculate total appointment-slot capacity
Operating hours and slot duration determine how many appointment slots each dock can offer per day; multiplying by dock count gives total daily capacity.
Get a demand-to-capacity ratio and congestion risk score
Expected arrivals are compared against total slot capacity to produce a 0–100 congestion risk score and a verdict on whether appointments can absorb demand.
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Frequently asked questions
Does DockFlow book real dock appointments or connect to a scheduling system?
No. DockFlow computes results only from the numbers you enter — it does not book live dock appointments or connect to a yard-management or scheduling system. It is a capacity-planning calculator.
Is DockFlow the same as a truck wait-time predictor?
No. DockFlow is an appointment-slot scheduling capacity calculator — it estimates how many trucks CAN be scheduled given your docks, slot duration, and hours. A separate MVPHub tool, QueueDock, instead predicts actual truck WAIT TIME once trucks have already arrived, using queueing math. Use DockFlow for scheduling capacity and QueueDock for arrival-queue wait times.
How is total appointment-slot capacity calculated?
Operating hours (in minutes) are divided by slot duration to get slots per dock per day, then multiplied by the number of docks to get total daily slot capacity.
What does the congestion risk score mean?
It scales your demand-to-capacity ratio to a 0–100 score. Below 70 means slots comfortably cover expected arrivals; 70–100 signals scheduling pressure; above 100 means demand exceeds available slots.
Can I use this for a single dock or a whole facility?
Either — enter the dock count, slot duration, and hours for whatever scope you want to analyze, from one dock door to your entire yard.
Is this a guaranteed scheduling outcome?
No. It is a planning estimate based on the figures you provide, useful for deciding whether to add capacity or adjust slot length, not a binding scheduling commitment.
How We Compare
| Feature | MVPHub | C3 Reservations | Opendock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant appointment-slot capacity estimate | Included | Limited | Limited |
| Live dock-appointment booking system | Not included | Included | Included |
| No signup required to try the calculation | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Carrier-facing self-scheduling portal | Not included | Included | Included |
C3 Reservations and Opendock provide live dock-appointment booking with carrier-facing scheduling portals. MVPHub gives a fast, transparent capacity-versus-demand estimate from figures you enter, with no setup.
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