Autostore's Vehicle Booking Module (VBM) is a suite of functions that enable you to schedule container receipt and despatch at the gatehouse to suit your terminal operating hours or capacity.
Day-to-day or week-to-week, you decide how you want to manage your vehicle bookings to give you precise and secure control of every movement into and out of your terminal.
Automating your scheduling and eradicating human error from the process, Autostore VBM comprises three elements:
- Vehicle Booking Configuration - enables you to configure the basic control settings for the vehicle booking functionality you want.
- Vehicle Booking Template - enables you to configure the booking diary template and define the number of booking periods you want on a per day and 7 day per week basis.
- Vehicle Booking Diary - enables you to schedule daily despatches and receipts for the number of days in advance that suits your business.
Flexible ...
Set your despatch and receipt schedule to fit your terminal's capacity and throughput plus alter it in real-time to fit the ebb and flow of daily or weekly demand.
Powerful ...
Integrates seamlessly with Autostore CTMS, running 24/7 to handle any volume and frequency of container receipt and despatch moves - through any number of gatehouses and with any number of hauliers.
Accurate ...
Allocate inbound containers to yard locations and plan outbound containers to individual haulier vehicles, delivering an exceptional level of automation and removing human error.
Performance ...
Reduce the time it takes to execute your road-based cargo transshipments, increase terminal cargo throughput, enhance process and resource efficiency as well as the bottom line profitability of your intermodal operations.
For more information on Autostore VBM, please contact us.