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Octopi Updates | June 2023

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Attention: Octopi recently received a branding refresh. Colors in the application will appear different than the colors seen in screenshots and videos on the Knowledge Base. These changes are only in appearance. The functionality of Octopi, as described in our guides and videos, remains unchanged.

Let's take a look at what's new in Octopi this month!

We're working everyday to improve Octopi and enhance your experience. If you're interested in seeing updates and fixes as they are deployed to our servers, you can check out the Changelog in Octopi.

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New Feature Highlights

Introducing Truck Appointments

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With the new Truck Appointments features, gate arrivals can be scheduled in advanced with planned details for timing and cargo to reduce congestion at the gates and increase efficiency for both terminals operations and trucking companies.

This new appointment system makes it possible to:

  • Align gate arrivals with your terminal’s work schedule.
  • Reduce waiting times for carriers.
  • Improve terminal efficiency and communication.
  • Reduce your operation's carbon footprint.

Gate clerks can gate-in a truck directly from the Appointments page in Octopi. Gating in from an appointment saves time and provides the added benefit of pre-filled information for the truck visit and a convenient QR code on the generated Appointment Confirmation Voucher.

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Learn more about configuring and using Truck Appointments at your terminal or depot.

Chassis Parking Spots

Heap Yard areas configured to hold wheeled cargo are now able to be configured with a parking spot capacity for chassis.

When a yard area is configure as both a heap and a wheeled yard area, additional settings and details will be available in Octopi. This includes:

    • An index of chassis currently parked in the yard area.
    • A Capacity field for Chassis Parking Spots in the yard area will appear in the New/Edit Yard Area form.

    • Additional columns for TEU usage and Parking spots(usage/capacity) will display on the Yard Areas index page.

Learn more about configuring a yard area.

Batch Mode for Yard Grids

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Batch Mode allows your team to work faster and more efficiently, while minimizing the potential for errors with the repetitive tasks for individual items.

A variety of actions can now be applied to multiple containers located in a yard grid as a Batch Action.

Click Yard in the Main Menu and select Yard Areas in the menu panel. On the Yard Areas index page, click the View button next to the grid yard area where the batch action will be applied.

While viewing the grid for the selected yard area, click the Batch Mode button. Then simply, click each container in the yard grid to select them. The Batch Mode icon will display in the grid box to indicate a container is selected.

Once you have selected containers, click the button in the Batch Actions menu that is labeled with the action you wish to apply to all of the selected cargo.

Learn more about applying batch actions to grid yard areas.

Improvements

Cargo & Voyages

  • Added the ability to view completed work queues.
  • Added ability to print all bay views from Vessel Planning with the option Show Container Details.
  • Added a number of new filters to the Container and General Cargo pages: Hazardous, Hazmat Codes, Operating Reefer and Out of Gauge.

Gate Operations

  • Added ability to track if a truck is leaving with a chassis during Gate Out.
  • Added a Container Usage field to pre-advices for depot flows.
  • Added support for creating truck visits with completed interchanges using pre-advices.
  • Added imperial pounds (LB) as a weight unit to the Delivery Receipt for the ability to show both KG and LB.

Yard Management

  • Added inbound mode of transport to Cargo Criteria.
  • Improved containers queue visualization on the yard grid view when selecting a larger number of containers.

Reports

  • Improved performance of the Chassis Movements Report.
  • Added an Owner filter to the Chassis Movements Report.

  • Added a Remarks field to the Container Weight, VGM Certificate, and Container Weights Report.

Octopi Integrations

  • Added the ability to test FTP/SFTP connection from an EDI Setting.
  • Added new API endpoint to list Yard Slot IDs for a Yard Area.
  • Added webhook event for Cargo Stuffed.
  • Improved notification message when creating an EDI Setting using the Octopi SFTP server.
  • Added work queue item information to the Interchanges API.
  • Added yard information to the Containers API.
  • Added support for consignees on the Containers API POST and PATCH endpoints.