Methods and system for warehouse dock logistics

Abstract

A system for organizing assignments of each of a plurality of trailers to a plurality of docks in a warehouse may include a non-transitory computer-readable memory containing computer-executable instructions and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to (a) receive data comprising (i) an amount of time that each of a plurality of trailers has been at the warehouse; (ii) contents to be unloaded from each of the plurality of trailers; and (iii) content constraints associated with a plurality of docks in a warehouse, (b) reduce the data to a computer-solvable linear problem, (c) solve the linear problem to minimize an amount of time that each of the plurality of trailers spends at the warehouse, wherein the solution to the linear problem comprises an assignments of one of the plurality of trailers to one of the plurality of docks, and (d) output the assignment.

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