Logistics
DockPlanner
Calculate optimal dock doors, staging zones, and throughput for any distribution center.
A logistics capacity planner that models dock door requirements, staging capacity, yard queues, and throughput. Helps distribution centers right-size facilities and avoid bottlenecks before they happen.
What It's Great For
Common scenarios where DockPlanner shines
New DC Design
Architects and engineers size a greenfield distribution center by modeling projected volumes and shift patterns before construction begins.
Peak Season Stress Testing
Operations managers test whether existing doors and staging can handle holiday volume surges without excessive queue buildup.
Cross-Dock Terminal Optimization
LTL carriers balance inbound and outbound door allocation for time-critical cross-dock sortation windows.
Last-Mile Depot Planning
Urban delivery depots model high-turnover door usage for parcel and small-package van dispatch across multiple daily sorts.
Capacity Expansion Justification
Supply chain directors quantify door deficits and queue costs to build a data-backed business case for facility expansion.
Features
What DockPlanner can do for you
Dock Door Sizing
Calculate the exact number of dock doors needed based on trailer volume, dwell time, and available operating hours.
Staging Zone Planning
Determine required staging capacity in pallet positions or square footage to prevent floor congestion.
Queue & Wait Time Analysis
Model yard queues and trailer wait times under different arrival distributions and appointment adherence levels.
Monte Carlo Simulation
Run capacity risk simulations with variable volume and dwell to see P50, P80, and P95 utilization outcomes.
Lever Sensitivity Ranking
Identify which operational changes—dwell reduction, shift adjustments, appointment adherence—move utilization the most.
Cross-Dock Pairing
Allocate inbound and outbound doors for direct-transfer cross-dock operations with paired-door matching.
All Features
- Dock door count calculation
- Staging capacity estimation
- Throughput analysis in pallets per hour
- Yard queue modeling
- Utilization percentage with warning and alert thresholds
- Multi-shift scheduling with overtime support
- Appointment adherence peak adjustment
- Arrival distribution modeling
- Goal seek for target utilization or queue length
- Monte Carlo capacity risk simulation
- Operational lever sensitivity ranking
- Cross-dock paired-door allocation
- Door downtime and exception tracking
- CSV export of scenarios and results
- Benchmark comparison against reference scenarios
- Audit trail of all changes
Integrate
Connect programmatically via the public API or MCP server
https://dockplanner.codecide.net/api Use this base URL for API requests.
Interactive API Docs →https://dockplanner.codecide.net/mcp Add this URL to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, etc.)
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DockPlanner is free to use under the MIT license.
DockPlanner is provided for estimation and educational purposes only. We make no warranty about the accuracy, completeness, or fitness of its results. Always verify outputs before applying them to designs, decisions, or safety-critical work.