C3 Solutions
Tailored dock scheduling, yard management and gate orchestration software for enterprise distribution operations
By C3 Solutions · HQ Montreal, Canada · 3.8/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- High-volume distribution centres that need dock appointments, gates and trailer yards orchestrated on one platform
- Retail, grocery and eCommerce fulfilment operations with heavy inbound carrier and supplier traffic
- 3PLs, contract warehouses, couriers and parcel networks managing multi-site trailer and shuttle flows
- Manufacturers running just-in-time inbound loads and inter-plant part shuttling
- Operations replacing phone-based driver check-in with automated, self-serve gate processes
Ideal size: 50–500+ people · Enterprise logistics or distribution operation with a dedicated DC/yard team
Not for
- Small sites with a few dock doors and no dedicated yard crew
- Buyers who want self-serve signup or published list pricing
- Teams looking for a complete TMS or WMS rather than dock and yard specialisation
- Organisations unwilling to integrate with existing ERP, WMS or carrier systems
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
8–12 weeks
~90 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Not published; enterprise quote scoped per site and per module (C3 Reservations, C3 Yard, C3 Hive)
Implementation Friction
3/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not listed
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind C3 Solutions, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2000 · 26 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Montreal, Canada
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsPlan not stated
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsPlan not stated
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Issue reporting is via the customer support portal; FAQ and resource centre cover self-serve help. The homepage markets customer care as '27/4', but no formal 24/7 commitment or SLA is published.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
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- C3 Solutions
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- Vizion
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What C3 Solutions ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
C3 Solutions has built dock scheduling and yard management software for enterprise distribution operations since 2000. Its suite pairs C3 Reservations (cloud dock appointment scheduling), C3 Yard (check-in, trailer tracking and yard moves) and C3 Hive (supplier, carrier and driver collaboration) on one platform. Target verticals are retail, grocery, manufacturing, post/parcel and transportation, served from Montreal. C3 is certified ISO/IEC 27001:2022. Pricing is quote-based and not published.
Frequently asked questions
What problem does C3 Solutions actually solve?
C3 automates the flow of inbound and outbound freight across the dock and yard: carriers book dock appointments in C3 Reservations, drivers pre-check in and gates open automatically, and C3 Yard tracks trailer location and yard moves. C3 Hive extends the same platform to suppliers, carriers and drivers so communication replaces phone calls.
How long does a C3 deployment take?
C3 does not publish a standard implementation timeline. Deployments are scoped per site and module, and a published case study describes onboarding C3 Reservations for an automotive distributor fully remotely. Budget for weeks of configuration and integration testing before production go-live, and validate the schedule during the RFP process.
Is C3 pricing published?
No. C3 does not publish list prices or seat tiers on its site; pricing is quoted per site and per module after a demo or RFP. Buyers should expect an enterprise license or subscription plus any integration and implementation work, and should request a multi-site quote.
Is C3 a fit for a single mid-sized warehouse?
C3 is positioned for enterprise operations with meaningful dock and yard traffic across one or more sites. A single site with a handful of doors and no dedicated yard staff is likely over-served; a site with significant appointment volume, carrier coordination and trailer spotting can still justify it.
What security certifications does C3 hold?
C3 states on its Trust Center that it is certified ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and that it works toward AICPA SOC 2 compliance, while also complying with GDPR, PIPEDA, CCPA and Quebec privacy law. Customer data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3 and at rest with AES-256, hosted in Canadian colocation facilities.
Does C3 offer AI features?
No AI, machine-learning or copilot capabilities are described on the vendor pages reviewed, so buyers should not assume any. C3's value proposition centres on automation of scheduling, gate and yard workflows rather than AI.