Completing Inbound Appointment Instructions

Modified on Wed, 6 Aug at 7:32 AM

How to complete an Inbound Appointment with Non Smart Grab crane:

1. scan the Load Tally sheet with scanner function 10 after appt is checked in.

2. scan the Barcode ID, enter measurements, id, weight, some other info and location and hit F1. Yellow sticky prints and then scan yellow sticky against mill tag.

3. scan the next coil on the order and repeat steps above until truck or rail car is empty

4. Once all coils are scanned in and scanned against the yellow sticky, hit F1 again and it completes the Inbound Appointment.

If Inbound Appointment is being unloaded with a Smart Grab crane:

Our Smart Grab programmer went through code and advised that when you run the Run Scan Coil program w0376 Kiosk for smart grab bays, after hitting the Receive Grab button, it will complete the appt.

Inbound or Outbound Load Appointments: How Back In Date and Time is calculated

I had the developer look into the code on this and how a Back In Date is calculated.

1. If an appointment is checked in and there are no arrived trucks waiting to unload at the door that the appointment has been assigned to, it is coded to add 5 minutes from the Check In Date and Time to time-stamp a Back In Date and Time. It is coded to assume it would take the driver an average of 5 minutes to check in and then get to the door they were loading or unloading at.

2. If an appointment is checked in and there are arrived trucks already at the assigned door waiting to load or unload, then there is no Back In Date and Time assigned until the truck in front of the driver has their appointment completed. It will then add 10 minutes from the previous trucks complete time and time stamp that appointment as their Back In Date and Time. It will only time stamp the next truck in order and not all the trucks in line. They add 10 minutes because they are assuming that is the average time it takes a truck to get unloaded and then put away tarps, chains, lumber etc and leave.

There are a few docks company wide that don't follow these exact rules; but this is in general how it works.

https://precision-strip.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/150000190931