Inefficiency of Paper and Manual Processes: How Our YMS Can Improve Tracking and Reporting On Your Operations
Have you ever looked in your office and noticed a stack of papers and folders over 2 inches thick, and had no idea what they belong to? It’s painful to not have an organized system, especially when there are multiple moving parts at once. Thankfully, implementing a YMS system will not only mitigate the issue you’re dealing with but also streamline ways to better track and report on your operations daily. How do you get started? The first step is to keep reading this article!
The Manual Process
The Issues with the Manual Process
When you take into account there are no automation processes in motion with each of these tasks, doing it all manually can become incredibly overwhelming. This can cause inefficiencies within the yard, including inaccurate scheduling, slow check-in/check-out times or delays, missed equipment checks, mismanagement of trailers, delayed notifications or security checks, and lack of communication. Although some issues may be minor, as they continue to pile up (like the stack of papers), the hole continues to dig deeper and deeper, transforming into a monstrous problem that can’t be solved.
How to Mitigate These Pain Points
- Enhances real-time visibility across the yard.
- Streamlines processes and asset management flow.
- Eliminates expenses (detention and demurrage fees).
- Improves communication and collaboration between yard managers to yard operators.
- Conducts thorough carrier analysis and tracking of trailers and products.
- Oversees scheduling for dock and yard appointments.
- Increases accuracy and efficiency of security.
- Optimizes operational efficiency, performance, and productivity.
- Leads gate management procedures of inbound and outbound trailers.
Enhance Reporting and Operations with YardView YMS
When processes are automated and simplified, it makes running a business easier every day. Utilizing a full-service YMS solution, such as YardView’s YMS, is here to help improve and automate your businesse's reporting to improve overall operations. For example, it will also automatically alert those needed in case of any changes, delays, schedule adjustments, and more, to ensure action can be taken immediately. Additionally, a yard management system will gather data specific to your KPIs and specific operations metrics (i.e., Gate, Spotter, Carrier, Equipment) to implement continuous improvements.
Improve Your Yard Operations Potential with YardView Pro’s YMS