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

YARD VISIBILITY SOLUTION DESCRIPTION

YARD OPERATIONS SOLUTION PDF

RTLS 2.0 WHITE PAPER

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