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title: Opendock Blog | Nate Allan
description: Senior Director, Digital Sales at Loadsmart
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# Nate Allan
Senior Director, Digital Sales at Loadsmart
## Posts by Nate Allan
[How Shippers and Carriers Can Coordinate Better to Reduce Detention and Improve Warehouse Dock Performance](https://blog.opendock.com/how-shippers-and-carriers-can-coordinate-better-to-reduce-detention-and-improve-warehouse-dock-performance?hsLang=en)
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### How Shippers and Carriers Can Coordinate Better to Reduce Detention and Improve Warehouse Dock Performance
Can dock scheduling software reduce detention charges? What shippers and carriers need from appointment booking and dock data.
July 11, 2022 - 4:57 PM 3 min read
#### **About Opendock**
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