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Loading dock

Meaning in logistics & supply chain, with examples

nounCommon term

In logistics & supply chain, loading dock means: The area of a warehouse with doors at truck-floor height where vehicles park to be loaded or unloaded.

In Turkish: yükleme rampası, rampa

How it is used

Warehouses talk about dock doors, dock levellers, dock scheduling and dock-to-stock time. Trucks back up to a dock or are assigned one; a slot booking system manages arrival times so that the docks don't get congested.

Example sentences

  1. Please send the truck to loading dock 7; dock 3 is closed for repairs.

  2. Every truck needs a time slot, otherwise it waits outside until a loading dock is free.

Common collocations

  • dock door
  • loading dock schedule
  • back up to the loading dock
  • dock leveller
  • goods receiptThe process of accepting delivered goods into a warehouse, checking them against the order and recording them in the stock system.
  • cross-dockingA method in which incoming goods are unloaded and moved straight to outgoing trucks with little or no storage in between, usually within a day.
  • forkliftA small powered vehicle with two metal arms at the front that slide under pallets to lift, move and stack heavy loads.
  • warehouseA large building where goods, materials or products are received, stored and prepared for shipment.
  • palletA flat wooden or plastic platform on which goods are stacked so that they can be lifted by a forklift and moved, stored or shipped as one unit.

More terms: Warehousing

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