In an everchanging global economy, suppliers are evolving their processes when approached with new tariffs and an expensive labor force. Now, it’s more critical than ever to always know where your raw materials and suppliers are while having access to where you need them most. The challenge, however, is keeping all the pieces to the supply chain puzzle intact. And sometimes, it’s not a small or easy task to accomplish. Keeping an eye on supplies and raw materials can mean the difference from a line going down to hitting production goals, which keeps customers happy and gives your business a profit. A robust yard management system can work for you and YardView can help!

In order to ensure a steady flow of production, yard management systems have made it easy to track updates on upcoming shipments without missing a beat. Although supply chain disruptions require workarounds and effective internal communications, thankfully, yard operations play a key role in how the manufacturing industry can benefit from a yard management system:

•     A yard management system easily integrates with other solutions to streamline automation processes and reduce the need for data entry.
•     Visibility into all trailers, containers, and yard capacity at one location or all locations.
•     Provides valuable insight into if an asset has been sitting for too long, who last moved it, or when it will move next.
•     Receive and manage automated emails about loads and empties which helps avoid costly detention charges and tedious administration follow ups.
•     Easily categorize trailers in the yard by different load types for optimal visibility.
•     Prioritize moves to yard drivers to get the most important supplies to where they need to go first.

From the yard to the last mile, every person can benefit from using YardView’s yard management system. With it being easily used, trained on, and adopted by every member of the manufacturing industry, it doesn’t matter the department they come from or skill level they have. Let the benefits speak for themselves:

•     Simplify the check-in/check-out process to ensure a faster throughout
and greater accuracy in arrival/departure data.
•     Provide detailed insights to customers about your operation
so the understand how you help them.
•     Eliminate the need for manual lot checks and automate processes with
system integrations and action-based triggers.
•     Prepare comprehensive analytics, reports, key performance
indicators (KPIs) and metrics for a fast and effective way for management to make decisions.
•     Gain real-time visibility on spotter productivity to easily track performance.
•     Track driver productivity to ensure they are on-time and completing
tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
•     Identify and remove bottlenecks within beverage product inventory.
•     Gain extensive visibility into the location of assets, dock doors, available spots, dwell times, etc.
•     Generate accountability for every yard member as to who did what, when,
how, and why.
•     Provide actual real-time information and insights to implement
continuous improvement and efficiencies.
•     Optimize trailer pools and reduce storage fees by proactively managing yard operations.
•     Improve dock utilization and efficiency by managing live loads and
turn drivers quicker.
•     Create and send automatic emails and alerts that are graphically displayed
and sent for the most important internal/external actions and events.
•     Receive a 100% Return on Investment (ROI) in less than 4 months!
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The ability to maintain the utmost transparency is essential to manufacturers. YardView’s yard management system solution provides better quality assurance, meets regulatory and compliance standards, as well as maintains better inventory control that is free of errors. Here’s our approach:
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•     We offer extraordinary 24/7 support by a team of trained experts who answer the phone when you call and are well-equipped to address and solve every request promptly.
•     Our team of support technicians sit in the United States and support
enterprise-wide solutions.
•     We have a 4 week or less implementation guarantee for your
yard management system so you can have it off the ground running as
soon as possible.
•     Our YMS is fully customizable to your business’s operations so you and your team is successful.
•     With new enhancements and improvements every month, in advance of changing technologies, we look for ways to make the system easier to use or more powerful for the end user - YOU.
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