Yard Management System

Our yard management solution (YMS) equips you with the necessary tools and transparency to ensure your operation runs flexibly and effectively. It optimizes all yard-related processes, streamlines inbound and outbound operational flows and provides complete visibility of your equipment, carriers, personnel and inventory.

What are the challenges?

• Process variety: It is harder to manage multiple yards in parallel due to the unique processes and functionality required by different carriers and fleets across sites, territories and countries. A lack of flexibility can limit a business’s capacity to adapt to new market conditions, creating barriers to expansion and development.
• Regulatory demands: Imports and exports are highly regulated, with varying levels of stringency across different territories and countries. Regulatory compliance demands a certain level of transparency – without it, day-to-day operations can be heavily disrupted.
• Lack of visibility: Regulatory compliance is not the only factor that depends on visibility to avoid yard operational disruption. Some carriers and fleets have distinct processes, and the need to transition between them can create issues if not carefully managed or automated. To drive operational flexibility, a high level of external process and inventory visibility is essential.
• Limited ability to adapt: As yards grow more complex, it can be difficult to integrate complementary yard technology to improve operational efficiency. This can make it harder for evolving businesses to adapt to new requirements.
• Inefficient yard operations: Complex yard operations can result in an inefficient use of resources. Consequently, ensuring the timely arrival of equipment and vehicles, and the associated dock and slot assignments, can become a major challenge.

6 ways yard management solutions drive operational excellence

What are the benefits?

Achieving total supply chain efficiency is no longer limited to the four walls of the warehouse. It sets the stage for effective yard management.

A comprehensive Yard Management System (YMS) supports the scheduling of dock loading and unloading, enabling the swift movement of goods and materials in and out of your facilities as fast as possible. It also provides a complete, accurate view of your entire inventory during the receiving process.

Seamless system integration

Smarter scheduling

Controlled inbound control

Visibility beyond the warehouse

“Our clients are able to maintain, enhance and improve the solution over time without us being involved, creating a scenario where 5, 10 to even 20 years from now they’re not just going to be able to keep up, they’re going to be able to set the pace as the industry benchmark.”

What are the key capabilities?

• Management of medium- to large-sized yard facilities and complex container parks
• Fully automated control of yard processes
• Support for dispatching during manual decisions
• Support for multi-yard, multi-client businesses
• Dock and slot management with inflow control and constraint-based appointing to manage carrier reliability
• Integrated control of yard equipment and peripherals including display panels, traffic lights, gate technology and transponder systems
• Seamless integration with warehouse management and transport management solutions from multiple vendors

The Infios difference

Our YMS provides you with the visibility and the means to manage your entire yard operation, as well as the flexibility to future-proof your solution to meet the demands of your business as it evolves.

• Extended visibility Our YMS gives you the tools to manage your entire yard operation, extending the visibility to the outside of the warehouse.
• Complete digitization Captures data from integrated yard technology and peripherals, enabling their centralized control and enhancing operational efficiencies.
• Flexible control Flexible control of all movement in the yard is facilitated through configurable process management based on current status, transport orders and dock and slot availability.

What is yard management?

Yard Management Systems (YMS) provide complete visibility over your yard operations. A YMS is designed to support the efficient flow of work, equipment and materials through the normally enclosed area outside of a warehouse, distribution center (DC) or manufacturing facility (the yard).

What does yard mean in supply chain management?

In the supply chain, the term yard refers to the key channel or transaction point between the warehouse and transportation operations. It also applies to both inbound and outbound shipments. The operational efficiency of your entire supply chain network is heavily impacted by your yard operations.