The trailer is at the door and the bill is still on the clipboard. Dock Tally is for that one unload: the bill of lading in your hand, the count you are writing, and the exception note if the count or the carton does not match.
The Bill is the face of the bill of lading: pro number, shipper, consignee, pieces, and weight. The Tally is the count at the door. The Exception is the short line you write when a piece is missing, crushed, or refused.
Each page finishes one document. A piece count or a weight marked as an illustrative example is a teaching number, not the freight on your dock.
The bill of lading, the piece count, and the exception note.
the-bill
The face is one page. A second page lists more lines. You squint at the fine print at the bottom of the first page that notes “see attached continuation sheet” and cross-check the BOL number scrawled in the upper right corner of…
April 5, 2026
the-bill
The package-type column says one unit. The stack in the trailer is the other. You’re hunched over the crumpled freight bill on the loading dock edge,…
April 2, 2026
the-bill
The consignee is a neighbor in the same building. The freight is at your door. You hold the delivery receipt in one hand, the driver leaning…
March 31, 2026
the-bill
A temperature is written on a bill for freight that is not in a reefer. You’re mid-tally on Dock Tally, 12 shrink-wrapped pallets of sealed lab…
March 28, 2026
the-bill
A line mentions pallets in and pallets out. You have not counted pallets yet. The lift truck idles 15 feet from the dock edge, its forks…
March 25, 2026
the-bill
A notify party is named. It is not the consignee line. You’re standing by the open bay door, a rain-soaked less-than-truckload pro bill of lading crumpled…
March 22, 2026
the-bill
The title of the form is one of those two. You need to see which title you are holding. The pallet jack idles at your feet,…
March 20, 2026
the-bill
The commodity line is a short phrase. The cartons do not look like that phrase. You set the pallets of scuffed, unlabeled corrugate to the side…
March 17, 2026
the-bill
The bill names a door number. Your doors use a different set of numbers. You’re standing at the receiving bay edge, rain spotting the edge of…
March 14, 2026
the-bill
A signature is in the driver block. You have not signed the consignee block. Rain streaks the passenger window of the idling semi 20 feet from…
March 12, 2026
the-bill
A cash-on-delivery amount is on the bill. No envelope of cash is with it. You flip the paper over to check for handwritten amendments tucked between…
March 9, 2026
the-bill
A second bill is stapled on top. You can still see the first one underneath. The corner of the original peeks out from under the staple…
March 6, 2026
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