Make the dock cycle a record, not a radio call

You already run a dock clock. Trucks book a window, bays fill, and someone on a radio says the driver is in the wrong door. When a claim lands, you need more than that radio call. You need a still of the bay, a time, and a review.

Sentinel sits on the in-gate, the canopy and the aisle so a person in a loading door that is not theirs, a missing vest on the dock, or a truck that stays past the window you set becomes a page to the dock desk. Where you already run a TMS or WMS, the booking sits on the same event.

The yard between the gate and the door is a third watch when you have cameras that actually see it. A dark corner you do not film is not a watch, and we will not call it one. The camera does not certify a load. It keeps the joined record the yard already has to produce.

1. A person in a bay that is not theirs

   Loading doors are zones. A person who stays in a door that is not on their booking past your hold becomes an event with a still. You confirm it and page the dock desk.

2. A truck whose plate is not on today's booking list

   A vehicle at the barrier with no matching TMS row is a wrong truck at the gate. The camera does not invent a booking. It flags a movement that does not match the list.

3. A vest the dock requires

   High-visibility clothing on the dock is a required item in the bays you mark. Missing kit is the event. You do not write a story about a short step-down.

4. A truck that overstays the window

   In-gate and bay dwell are numbers you set. A vehicle that stays past them is the event. You join the booking when the TMS will take it.

5. A forklift outside its envelope

   Aisle and dock envelopes are zones. A lift that crosses and stays is the event. You do not infer damage or intent from the still.

6. A weighbridge ticket that does not match the plate

   A ticket and a plate in the same window that do not agree is a broken chain of custody at the gate. Both facts sit on the event.

7. Something left in a fire-exit or dock egress lane

   A pallet or a vehicle parked in marked egress turns every other incident into a worse one. An unattended-object check on those lanes is a simple rule with a clear cost.

8. A camera blinded at the gate or on the canopy

   When the lens that would have joined the booking goes dark, that is the alarm. It is not a prelude you wait on.

Your TMS or WMS already knows the booking. Weighbridges, gate-pass lists and ANPR already run at the barrier. Sentinel sits beside those systems so a bay event carries the load or the door you expected.

A plate that is not on today's list can hold a barrier. A dwell past the SLA the TMS already holds is a yard that cannot turn. The camera does not replace the booking system, and it does not infer cargo loss from a still of a person near a trailer.

You watch the gate and the door. You detect the person, the vest or the truck. You join the booking when you have one. You confirm the still. You page the dock. You keep the record.

1. 01 Watch

   You name the in-gate, the yard cameras that actually see, and the loading doors that matter. Sentinel takes a frame from those cameras.

2. 02 Detect

   A body in the wrong bay, a missing vest or a vehicle past dwell becomes a candidate. The hold you set keeps a walker from becoming noise.

3. 03 Join

   If the TMS or WMS will take a door or a load number, Sentinel joins that record to the event. If it will not, the still still stands on its own.

4. 04 Confirm

   A reviewer on the dock desk accepts, dismisses or escalates. The model does not close the case.

5. 05 Page

   The people you named for that bay get the still. You choose how loud that page is.

6. 06 Record

   The event, the still, the booking join and the review sit in one place when a claim or an auditor asks who was in the door.

The appliance sits on the yard or warehouse network. Gate, canopy and aisle cameras stay on site. Events-only to the dock desk. Air-gapped is supported where the site requires it.

Does this replace our TMS or WMS?

No. It sits beside the booking you already run so a bay event carries the load or the door you expected. The TMS remains the system of record for bookings.

Can you hold a barrier on an unlisted plate?

Yes, if you wire that action. ANPR is checked against today's list. A plate that does not match is a flagged movement, not a judgement of the driver.

Do we need cameras in every yard corner?

No. We watch the cameras that actually see. A dark corner you do not film is not a watch, and we will not call it one.

Does forklift safety need wearable tags?

No. Vision proximity is enough to start. Telematics is an optional extra, not a prerequisite.

Can a confirmed event support a claim?

The still, the booking join and the review sit in one place. An accountable person still signs anything that leaves the yard.

Where does footage live?

On the edge appliance. Only events, metadata and clips you consent to ever leave.