Yard Management

Modern yard management systems (YMS) are transforming supply chain operations by improving trailer flow, real-time visibility, and dock scheduling efficiency. Companies across industries are adopting modular, AI-enabled YMS solutions to reduce yard congestion, streamline operations, and integrate seamlessly with WMS and TMS platforms.

Automation and AI-powered Yard Operating Systems are replacing outdated service frameworks to deliver real-time visibility, efficiency, and cost savings in supply chain yard management.

The automotive supply chain is facing unprecedented disruption in 2025, and the road ahead is anything but smooth.

C3 Solutions has surveyed 170 professionals from various industries to gather real-world insights into today’s dock and yard management challenges.

Learn how to transform inefficient yard and dock operations with automation to enhance visibility, control, and supply chain integration.

Ready to ditch the manual operation? Here’s a look at the increasingly important role that yard management systems play in the smooth, efficient running of overall logistics operations.

Miami-based freight transportation and logistics services provider Ryder System Inc., and Terminal Industries, a developer of AI platforms focused on digitizing yard operations, announced a collaboration on a pilot program that brings together advanced computer vision with machine learning to optimize yard operations and working through pain points.

Bar coding remains the central technology for data capture, with new wearables and handheld form factors to boost productivity. But RFID momentum is building, and a range of real-time location technologies can complement handheld data collection.

Interest in yard management systems (YMS) is growing as the software helps more companies automate processes, speed up trailer turnaround times, and save money.

This webinar aims to alleviate any concerns and uncertainties you may have about yard and dock software implementation.

In this white paper, we explore the top yard management and dock appointment scheduling related challenges that organizations are facing in the current business environment.

This document covers all the aspects necessary to ensure the highest possible ROI for your company when investing in a Yard Management and Dock Scheduling system.

Focused on improving visibility while also managing challenges like the labor shortage and supply chain disruptions, more shippers are turning to yard management systems (YMS) to optimize communication between their WMS and TMS applications—and seeing terrific overall service improvements in the process.

The Port of Oakland recently announced that its new temporary container yard is receiving federal help through financial relief for customers, with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) providing agricultural and other exporters assistance in covering expenses for using the pop-up yard.

Entitled, Yard Solutions, project44 described it as a comprehensive set of dock, yard, and asset management capabilities focused on improving efficiency and automating yard operations from a single platform, through its three primary offerings: Slot Booking, Yard Visibility, and Yard Management.