The purpose of using a slot reservation is to provide carriers with the opportunity to make a booking in advance for a specific time slot at a Bol warehouse. For deliveries that are made with a slot booking, a dock will be made available that is tailored to the capacity of the shipment. This eliminates the need for carriers to wait in a queue and allows them to report to the gatekeeper.

Benefit for carriers

By making the slot booking, Bol can better align the inbound capacity. For carriers, this will mean:

• Upon arrival at the warehouse, the driver does not need to exit the vehicle for the barriers (communication takes place via the intercom).
• Upon arrival, the gatekeeper will grant access via the intercom based on the slot booking shipment ID and assign a dock.
• Capacity is scheduled in advance, expediting the processing process.

Conditions for slot bookings

To ensure a smooth process, there are a few rules:

• A slot booking must be made for every transport movement.
• A slot booking must be registered in the Supply Chain portal before 8:00 PM on the day before delivery.
• When delivering via the Fastlane, the carrier must be present between the start of the time slot and 15 minutes thereafter, at the barriers of the warehouse.
• At the barriers, the carrier must communicate the Shipment ID of the time slot via the intercom.
• Regular packing slips still need to be handed over during delivery at the docks of the warehouses.
• The delivery date of the pre-notification made by the supplier is decisive, regardless of the date of the slot booking.
• If the carrier is too early or too late for a slot booking, they will have to follow the regular check-in procedure.
• The standard delivery conditions also apply to slot bookings, which can be found here.

For Whom

Any carrier or supplier can make a slot booking if the carrier role is assigned to the email account. This role is automatically assigned to email accounts linked to carrier accounts. Email accounts linked to supplier accounts do not have this role by default, but it can be requested.

Requesting an account

If you’d like to request a carrier account or assign the carrier role to an email account linked to a supplier, you can do so. Please send the following information in an email to suppliermanagement@bol.com, indicating that it’s a carrier role request:

• Contact person’s name
• Email address
• Carrier role request

If the carrier is not yet registered with bol, please also include:

• Carrier company name