Dock scheduling for warehouses and 3PLs
Every truck gets a time. Your dock sees the day coming.
Carriers book their own unload slots, your team runs every door from one board, and detention stops eating your margin.
- Booked by carriers
- 88%
- Avg dwell today
- 1h 37m
- Detention so far
- 0h 40m
Running the dock at
- Evercrest Beverage
- Kestrel Home Goods
- Sunfold Produce
- Halvorsen Dairy
How it works
From a phone-and-spreadsheet dock to one that runs on time
Most warehouses still book appointments by email and keep the schedule in a shared sheet. Baylight replaces both in three steps.
Carriers book their own slot
Send one link. Carriers pick a time that fits the door type and the load, and get SMS reminders. No app to download and no login for one-off carriers.
The dock runs from one board
Every door and every appointment, live. Gate check-in, unload start and finish, longer slots for flatbeds, reefer-only doors and booking rules per client for 3PLs.
Detention becomes a number you manage
See which carriers, lanes and hours of the day cost you the most, then fix the schedule instead of paying the invoice.
Pro planResults
What changes in the first 60 days
detention hours at the busiest DC
Evercrest Beverageaverage dwell per truck
Evercrest Beverageof inbound trucks booked through the portal
Halvorsen Dairy, 3 sites“Detention is down 41% at our biggest DC, and our dock team stopped spending the morning on the phone. Our CFO noticed.”Jordan EllisDirector of Logistics, Evercrest Beverage
Integrations and security
Fits next to your WMS. Passes your IT review.
Works with your WMS
Confirmed appointments go to your WMS as expected receipts, and check-in and unload times come back. Most customers are live on the integration in two to three weeks.
- REST API or a CSV file over SFTP every few minutes
- Not a WMS, TMS or yard system: Baylight schedules the dock and works alongside them
Security your IT team will sign off on
- SOC 2 Type II, report available under NDA
- SAML single sign-on on Pro and Enterprise, with password login disabled if you want
- Data hosted in the US, encrypted in transit and at rest
- Your data is deleted within 30 days of termination on request
Pricing
Priced per site, billed yearly
A site is one building with its own docks. Start with one and add the rest when the numbers are in.
Standard
- Carrier booking portal
- Dock board and gate check-in
- SMS reminders for carriers
- Dwell tracking per carrier
Pro
Most chosen- Everything in Standard
- WMS integration
- Detention analytics
- SAML single sign-on
Enterprise
- Everything in Pro
- Uptime SLA
- Dedicated customer success manager
- Onsite rollout
Questions
What buyers usually ask
Anything else, ask our sales agent in the corner. It answers in seconds and hands you to a person when it should.
Do carriers need an account?
No. Carriers book through a link. Regular carriers can save their details; one-off carriers just pick a slot and get SMS reminders.
How long until we're live?
One site is usually live in about two weeks. Multi-site rollouts go one or two buildings at a time. Our customer success team onboards your carriers.
Does it work with our WMS?
Yes, on Pro and Enterprise. Appointments flow in as expected receipts through our API or a CSV file over SFTP, and receiving times come back.
Is Baylight a yard management system?
No. Baylight schedules the dock: who unloads at which door and when. It doesn't move trailers in the yard or book freight.
What counts as a site?
One building with its own docks. A campus with two separate buildings is two sites.
See your dock on Baylight in 30 minutes
Bring your door count and how many trucks you receive a day. We'll show you what changes.