1. Yard Management System
  2. Integrations and source ownership
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Integrations and source ownership

Agree the source of carrier, fleet and warehouse evidence before enabling connections.

  • Yard Management System
  • Carrier and transport planning
  • Fleet and driver authority
  • Warehouse operations
  • Financial settlement

Systems to connect

  • Carrier and transport planning. Agree the load identity, promised delivery and stop-window exchange. Confirm which source supplies actual pickup and recipient proof, and retain the original promise when operating plans change.
  • Fleet and driver authority. Connect the designated source for driver eligibility and vehicle readiness. Match external fleet identities to the equipment used in assignments, and verify how defect repair and release evidence reaches the yard team.
  • Warehouse operations. Map stock request, lot and location identifiers with the warehouse source. Agree item units and movement direction before exchanging quantities. A completed dock action cannot stand in for a confirmed stock posting.
  • Financial settlement. Hand reviewed freight amounts and supporting delivery evidence to the designated financial system. Confirm currency interpretation and the receiving system’s acceptance before treating the handoff as settled.

How connections are governed

Each connection needs an agreed record owner, stable source identity and retry behavior. Keep credentials in the approved secret store. Test a duplicate event, a changed source revision and an uncertain response before enabling scheduled transfers. A repeated message must not create another load or stock effect merely because its first acknowledgment was delayed.

For a dock action, establish the authoritative reservation check and how the persisted outcome is confirmed. Retain a visible investigation path when the source cannot confirm the result. Reconcile accepted and rejected exchanges with the originating system using the same record identities.

Plan the rollout with the people who own each connected system.

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