Real-Time Visibility To All Yard Operations
Yard Management
Light on infrastructure, heavy on capabilities
Cognosos’ Yard Visibility Suite closes the gap between transportation and warehouse management systems, bringing critically needed visibility to yard operations. From trailers to switchers and containers our easily-installed technology brings assets on-line enabling them to self report location, while our powerful software provides tools and insights to help manage a variety of important functions that ensure operations throughout yards, lots and remote storage areas flow smoothly and efficiently. Unlike conventional yard management systems, the Cognnosos visibility suite is built on patented location and communications technology that give assets an automatic, real time reporting ability without requiring costly RFID readers or yard checks.
SOLUTION COMPONENTS
Location visibility: Automatic updates to asset movements including geofencing and arrival/ departure times.
Lightweight infrastructure: Easily installed gateways provide complete yard coverage without the need for costly cellular networks.
Dispatch management: Easily create and monitor movement orders for switchers.
Tracking tags: Long life permanent and temporary tags that use AI along with GPS and Bluetooth beacons to report asset location with space level accuracy.
YARD MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
SOLUTION BENEFITS
Improve yard efficiencies
Eliminate manual yard checks and measure, monitor and optimize a variety of inter- and intra-yard workflows, including dock door utilization and verification, dwell time, asset aging and route optimization
Real-time asset location indoors and out
Immediately locate tagged assets and goods regardless of location, eliminating the immense and time-consuming challenge of scouring large yards, lots and facilities for inventory
Multi-site visibility
Bring all supplier and distribution center yards into a holistic view of the entire supply chain without costly telematics or TMS solutions.
Resource optimization
Re-focus employees on higher value work, eliminating the need for costly and time-consuming searches
Task assignments
Increase productivity and improve operations with the ability to assign tasks in real-time while eliminating redundant or unnecessary moves
Alerts and notifications
Alert appropriate personnel via SMS and/or email about prolonged dwell time, incorrect dock door use, route time fluctuations, dock door congestion, potential theft, etc.
Simplified search
Search for inventory based on any attribute in the ERP and locate groups of assets for repairs, finishing or shipping
Bring assets online quickly
Deploy within days thanks to a lightweight footprint and minimal infrastructure
Reduce Detention Fees:
Reduce costly detention fees by locating trailers in real-time
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