Dock Appointment Scheduling (DAS) provides both graphical and text-based planning for the planning, execution and monitoring of incoming and outgoing dock door appointments. DAS can be deployed as a stand-alone or integrated with EWM. In the integrated scenario, a delivery is attached to a TU in EWM and an appointment is created in DAS. Activity status changes to the TU in EWM and changes to the dock appointment in DAS are kept in-sync between the two systems.