Systems and methods for prioritizing trailers at receiving facility

A method for prioritizing a plurality of trailers delivering retail goods for an available receiving facility, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a control unit, sensor data from a plurality of sensors, scheduling data, vehicle computer data, trailer data, and other data regarding a determined event requiring at least some of the retail goods in a trailer of a plurality of trailers;
• identifying, by the control unit, a match between the trailer and an available loading dock based on at least one of the received sensor data, scheduling data, vehicle computer data, trailer data, and the other data;
• prioritizing, by the control unit, the trailer over other trailers in the plurality of trailers for receipt by the available loading dock based on the determined event, wherein the determined event is the control unit determining that the trailer contains perishable items and has traveled a greater distance than another trailer containing the same perishable items based on the trailer data received;
• assigning, by the control unit, the prioritized trailer from the plurality of trailers to the available loading dock;
• and
• outputting, by the control unit, a control signal to at least one remote controller to control operations of at least one of an autonomous ground vehicle to manage the trailer utilization of the assigned available loading dock and a dock door of the assigned available loading dock to automatically open the dock door as the trailer approaches the assigned available loading dock.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that, upon execution by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations for prioritizing a plurality of trailers delivering retail goods for an available receiving facility, the operations comprising:

• receiving, by a control unit, sensor data from a plurality of sensors, scheduling data, vehicle computer data, trailer data, and other data, the other data including information about perishable items contained within a trailer of the plurality of trailers;
• identifying, by the control unit, a match between the trailer and an available loading dock based on the received sensor data;
• prioritizing, by the control unit, the trailer over other trailers in the plurality of trailers for receipt by the available loading dock based on the determined event, wherein the determined event is the control unit determining that the trailer contains perishable items and has traveled a greater distance than another trailer containing the same perishable items based on the trailer data received;
• assigning, by the control unit, the prioritized trailer from the plurality of trailers to the available loading dock;
• and
• outputting, by the control unit, a control signal to at least one remote controller to control operations of at least one of an autonomous ground vehicle to manage the trailer utilization of the assigned available loading dock and a dock door of the assigned available loading dock to automatically open the dock door as the trailer approaches the assigned available loading dock.