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title: Our Top 3 Reads to Help You Keep on Truckin’ During the Shortage
description: We’ve compiled our top 3 articles to help you identify common issues that may be affecting the efficiency of your dock’s supply chain.
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- August 2, 2018

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With the presence of the current trucking capacity shortage, the need for load and dock organization as well as operational transparency is more important than ever. We’ve compiled our top 3 articles to help you identify common issues that may be affecting the efficiency of your dock’s supply chain; and how a dock scheduling and reservations tool could be the simple answer to a complicated problem.

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### 3 Essentials to Overcoming you Dock Scheduling Madness

With fewer truckers on the road and pending loads being refused left and right by those still hauling, the simple notion that a smooth dock operation is just about getting the product in and product out is no longer applicable in the new climate. Today, many external factors can play a role on whether your load gets picked up or not, whether there will be delays, and whether it makes it to its final destination on time. *[[Read more...]](https://info.c3solutions.com/blog-c3/the-top-3-essentials-to-overcome-your-dock-scheduling-madness)*

### ![time and boxes](https://info.c3solutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/time%20and%20boxes.jpg?width=558&name=time%20and%20boxes.jpg)Improving Truck Turnaround Times - How do you Deal with it?

Drivers may currently be few and far between, but consumerism is at an all-time high… along with the expectation of free 2-day shipping! So, how can you still provide your customers with the same unparalleled delivery times while navigating the industry’s trucking drought? Improving overall efficiency with a dock scheduling tool to reduce the length of time trucks are idle may play a key role. *[[Read more…]](https://info.c3solutions.com/blog-c3/improving-truck-turnaround-times-how-do-you-deal-with-it)*

 

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### 10 Signs Dock Scheduling Could Help You

Are you inadvertently contributing to the trucking shortage? Longer wait times for inbound trucks have a significant domino effect for not only your yard or warehouse; but with many trucks carrying multiple loads with multiple stops, it impacts the industry as a whole. Here’s a quick guide to help you identify common issues and how dock scheduling could help take you from being part of the problem to part of the solution. *[[Read more…]](https://info.c3solutions.com/blog-c3/10-signs-dock-scheduling-could-help-you)*

 

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