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Case Study: How Cascades Uses Opendock to Centralize Dock Scheduling Processes for 63 Plants

Written by Veronica Turk | Aug 23, 2024

Cascades leverages Loadsmart’s dock scheduling platform, Opendock, across its facility network to improve visibility, create consistent processes, reduce manual labor, and improve carrier relations.

  • Challenge - Decentralized scheduling and limited visibility to dock appointments created internal inefficiencies as well as communication challenges with carriers.
  • Opportunity - Implement a single, centralized dock scheduling platform to create consistent processes and give carriers easy access to online scheduling.
  • Results - Standardization and process improvements, better visibility, improved carrier relationships, and fewer delayed shipments.

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