TMC TIME - TIME SLOT MANAGEMENT
PLANNING RELIABILITY FOR TRANSPORTS, RESOURCES & LOADING CAPACITY
TMC Time is the software solution for digital time slot management and capacity-driven transportation planning. Connect time slots, resources, and loading capacities on a shared planning platform.
BENEFITS OF DIGITAL TIME SLOT MANAGEMENT
Digital time slot management creates the foundation for predictable and efficiently managed logistics processes. Reliable transportation data improves coordination between all stakeholders, reduces waiting times, and provides the basis for optimizing downstream processes.
Planning Reliability & Transparancy
Know arrivals in advance | Plan capacities reliably | Balance resource utilization effectively
Collaboration & Communication
Reduce coordination effort | Communicate in local languages | Provide information centrally
Optimization & Automation
Improve downstream planning | Reuse digital data | Create the foundation for automated processes
PREDICTABLE PROCESSES START LONG BEFORE ARRIVAL
The quality of a time slot is determined not by its allocation, but by the capacities behind it.
TMC Time combines time slot planning, resource planning, and loading capacity planning on a unified platform. Available capacities, transportation requirements, and operational constraints are considered directly during planning.
The result is reliable planning data that can be reused across downstream processes and serves as the foundation for end-to-end logistics process control.
Capacity-Driven Planning
Time slots are allocated based on available resources and loading capacities rather than simply offering the next available appointment.
End-to-End Transportation Planning
Transportation planning, time slot management, and loading schedules are combined within a shared planning framework.
Guided Processes
A single planning status and consistent availability of planning-relevant information for carriers, dispatchers, and loading teams.
Rule-Based Automation
TMC TIME FEATURES
FUNCTIONS FOR CAPACITY-DRIVEN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
TMC Time provides all functionalities required to plan time slots, transports, resources, and loading capacities within a single platform. The solution supports capacity-driven planning processes, provides transparency across available resources, and automates recurring planning decisions based on predefined rules.
As a result, time slots are not managed in isolation but planned within the context of actual operational capacities and logistics requirements.
LOADING & TRANSPORT PLANNING
Functions for creating, assigning, and managing time slots, loading operations, and transportation orders.
- Digital time slot booking
- Recurring bookings
- Closure & blackout period management
- Multilingual user interfaces
- Vehicle and personnel management
- Loading volumes and dependent time slot utilization
- Automated loading schedule planning
- Transportation order allocation
RESOURCE PLANNING & CAPACITY MANAGEMENT
Capacity- and resource-based planning to ensure balanced utilization across logistics operations.
- Cross-process capacity balancing
- Availability management for time slots
- Rule-based time slot recommendations
- Resource planning and process-dependent balancing logic
- Visibility into arrivals and capacity utilization
COLLABORATION & PROCESS INTEGRATION
Providing, exchanging, and managing planning-related information for all participants involved in transportation processes.
- File & document exchange
- Role-based access control
- Authorization management
- General site information (rules, access instructions, site guidance)
- Automatic display of status updates from TMC YARD
BUILT FOR SECURE AND SCALABLE OPERATIONS
TMC Time is available immediately as a browser-based platform and integrates seamlessly into existing ERP, WMS, and TMS environments through standardized interfaces.
Multi-tenancy, GDPR compliance, full auditability, and comprehensive activity logging ensure secure, transparent, and fully traceable operations.
BETTER TOGETHER: TMC TIME & TMC YARD
Precise planning only delivers value when it is seamlessly executed. That's why TMC Time and TMC Yard work hand in hand.
TMC Time plans transports, resources, and loading capacities. TMC Yard manages operational execution across the site, from arrival and gate assignment to departure. Together, they create an end-to-end process covering digital time slot management, transportation planning, and operational yard execution on a shared data and planning foundation. The result: reduced waiting times, improved process reliability, and complete visibility and control across the transportation process.
