Truck berths positioning involves the physical layout of the dock doors and levelers. Truck berths should be at least 12' (3.7m) wide and 14' (4.3m) widths should be considered if space and budget permit. The wider the dimension the greater convenience there is for storage and staging.

Warehousing Eduation and Research Council, offers unique resource of information on determing how many dock doors are required (or will be required). There are a number of factors to consider, each of which can be found in this paper.