For businesses with Distribution Centres (DC) or warehouse operations, Yard Management software can deliver improved efficiencies.
The movement of trailers can be complex and a time-consuming process, involving a wide range of personnel – from receipt, to gate guards and trailer jockeys.
Any errors or loss of data throughout the lifecycle of a trailer can lead to delivery delays, penalties and even theft.
Descartes’ Yard Management software allows you to not only plan and record all trailer moves, inspections and security seal changes, but to maintain an audit trail for loss prevention and security of assets and goods. Trailers and their contents can also be tracked across multiple locations.
Specifically designed to help operators more effectively manage the movement of trailers, the Descartes’ Yard Management tool is an add-on package to Descartes’ Dock Appointment Scheduling software. It can even be used on the move by personnel in the yard using a touch screen tablet with a graphical interface.
Yard Management Features & Benefits
Real-time visibility of trailer content
Quick access and inventory reduction, saves costs and improves efficiencies.
Plan & track trailer positions
Effective planning - assign parking and quickly locate trailers in the yard.
Satellite yards are supported
Manage multiple yards in one package, search for stock & prioritise trailers unloading.
Audit trail of movements
Digital history of bookings and changes provides an effective loss prevention and security system.
Graphical user interface
Combined with a mobile device the system can be used on foot in the yard for trailer identification and validation.
Integrates with dock scheduling & route planning software
Routes can be staged according to dock door availablity and empty trailer status
Cloud-based software
Our fleet route scheduling Software is available over the internet wherever you have a connection, providing team access to our solution, working from any location at any time.
Additional yard management benefits
Descartes' yard management solutions allow you to record;
- Trailer arrivals
- Inspections
- Departure of trailers
- Yard checks
- Tracking the history of trailer, driver, yard, yard jockey and appointments
- Assigning tasks to staff
- Providing notifications to carriers
- Generation of reports for shipping, receiving and loss-prevention staff
Customer Successes
“Descartes Reservations™ and Route Planner™ solutions were integral to our strategy of offering a more extensive, but unified delivery service. The advanced optimisation capabilities and architecture of the Descartes solutions were critical, bringing new delivery service options to our customers in an economically feasible way. ”
Andrew Gay - Systems Manager
Fulfilment costs reduced £1.8m
Increased delivery productivity 35%
Delivery windows provided at POS
“Descartes route optimisation software was designed to be deployed in an operational capacity to manage collection & distribution rounds. We have now adopted it to respond to calls for tenders and support our regional business units by undertaking centralised optimisation studies”
Charles Fouche, Engineering & Optimisation
New tenders won
Centrailised optimisation
Easy to accomodate unique customer requirements
“We now have a system which we can optimise the automation of the routes thanks to Descartes... We have improved service levels expected by our customer in full compliance with the time-windows.”
Gabriele Golinelli - Operations Director - Fidelitas
Customer Service levels improved
Employee shift scheduling has been simplified
“With the Descartes solution, we now have real-time visibility into deliveries as they are made—and proof of delivery when customers receive their orders,”
Nicholas Chesna - Fleet Assistant Manager
On-time delivery has improved
Real time visibility of deliveries
Great delivery capacity
“The Descartes solution provides the advanced capabilities we need to transform our logistics processes and, in doing so, improve the responsiveness of our delivery operations and reach higher standards of customer service. ”
Einar Geir Jónsson, Head of Business Development
Optimised delivery routes
Electronic proof-of-delivery
On the fly adjustments to deliveries
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