Researched and prepared by Adelante’s lead analyst Adrian Gonzalez, the 2020 State Of Yard Management Report theme is The Impact Of Digital Yard Management on Enterprise Transportation Costs and Capacity.
It doesn’t matter the size of your facility or the complexity of your yard operations.
Digital Yard TM is a software platform that easily scales from a single location to enterprise-wide.
The Digital Yard adapts to your operational needs.
Real-time yard counts and history accessible 24/7 from any device.
Schedule appointments, automate and share check-in, check-out, and shipment information.
Create tasks, automate moves, see live location data, and increase moves per hour.
Automate workflows and seamlessly integrate with other systems.
Gain visibility to all yard assets and activities from one single location.
Standard, customizable and scheduled reports, alerts, dashboards & KPIs.
Carriers can see their assets in customers' yards and make gate appointments online.
Gain visibility to all docks doors, schedule, and assign moves from a single location.
Gain real-time location information to all yard activities.
Extensible Real-Time Location System (RTLS) to enable inventory accuracy and automated yard management.
Passive RFID Tags
Staffed or unstaffed
RFID gate system
Automated RFID Kiosks
and RFID Dropbox
RFID, GPS, cellular tracking system
and in-cab tasking system
The gate system can be manned or unmanned. This automatic process streamlines gate procedures and increases the velocity of gate check-in and check-out of yard tractor trailers, yard trucks, shuttle trucks, tractors, and drivers up to 100%.
Through an in-cab touch monitor, PINC facilitates two-way communication between the traffic managers and the drivers to assign, prioritize, and confirm tractor trailer move tasks. Additionally, yard managers can solve yard management challenges by monitoring the location of the yard and shuttle trucks in real-time.
PINC Real-time location systems (RTLS) enable users to track and locate yard assets in real-time using passive RFID, GPS, and other sensors. All the information collected is presented in an easy-to-use, cloud-based system.
Provides a graphical view of dock doors, showing yard asset details and the ability to initiate moves to and from the door. Additionally, it includes Dock Scheduling capabilities, which are used as an inbound load planning tool by yard managers or trading partners.
Our advanced yard management system enables carriers to see their assets from their point of manufacture to their final destination. Carriers gain real-time visibility over assets in the customer’s yards and can make gate appointments online 24/7, eliminating the need for frequent phone calls and faxes. Carriers can also perform live inventory checks, view current load status, and obtain historical records of asset activities.
Records refrigerated trailer information including temperature, fuel level, operating status. Alerts operators to ensure regular checks are performed on all reefer trailers at a facility and all necessary and important information is recorded.
PINC’s yard management system provides more than 100 standard reports and dashboards including recent arrivals, departures, and yard capacity. See empties by the carrier, which can be augmented by custom reports. Reports can be exported by yard managers to Excel or scheduled to be run at predetermined times.
PINC yard management software enhances the value of existing warehouse management systems (WMS), transportation management systems (TMS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems through easy integration and the provision of real-time visibility and data via web API.
PINC’s Enterprise Visibility Suite allows organizations to easily view, gain insights and analytics, and manage yards, facilities, and transportation execution activities as integrated operations.
If you’re looking for this kind of versatility in your business, contact us to arrange a demo and see what we can do for you.
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