Dock doors

A dock door is a loading door of a warehouse. Giving each door a barcode lets operators stage pallets and totes at the right door and load the right truck: the handheld records exactly which door each shipment went to, and refuses a door that does not exist.

Open Setup > Warehouse > Dock doors.

The Dock doors list: Puerta-001 to Puerta-004 with their barcode, description, warehouse and location

Create or change a dock door

Click New, or click a door's name to change it.
Fill in the fields below and click Submit.

The Dock door dialog: Name Puerta-002, Barcode Puerta-002, Description, Warehouse 1001 and Location

Field	Use
Name	Required. How the door is shown on truck loads, orders and handhelds, for example Door 3.
Barcode	What operators scan to stage or load at this door. It is printed on the door label.
Description	What the door is used for, for example Receiving - containers or Shipping - parcel. Printed on the label.
Warehouse	Required. The warehouse the door belongs to.
Location	A note on where the door is, for example North dock.

The handheld finds a door by its barcode or its name, so give every door a name and barcode no other door uses.

Print door labels

Tick the doors and click Print. Choose the printer and the number of copies. The label shows the door's name, barcode and description. Put each label where it is easy to scan from a forklift and cannot be confused with the next door's.

How dock doors are used

Shipping: operators scan the door to stage totes and pallets there before loading, and the truck load records the door. See Truck loads.
Receiving: a purchase order or customer return can be assigned to the door it arrives at.
A pallet can only be moved to a door when it holds totes for shipping.

Delete dock doors

Tick the doors and click Delete, then confirm.

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