Chemical Distribution Industry
Advanced Yard Management Solutions
Exotrac’s real-time Yard Management Solution (YMS) is designed to meet the unique safety and operational challenges of the chemical distribution industry. Whether handling hazardous materials (HAZMAT) or temperature-sensitive products, our system offers comprehensive tools to enhance visibility, compliance, and efficiency.
With features such as HAZMAT monitoring and alerts, temperature and load integrity tracking, and compliance automation, Exotrac empowers chemical companies to minimize risks, maintain regulatory standards, and optimize operations. Seamless integration with carriers and operational teams ensures real-time actionable data for immediate issue resolution, helping to mitigate spills, contamination, and environmental hazards.
Gain full control of trailer and container movements, improve gate flow for sensitive chemical loads, and access tailored reporting to drive operational improvements. Exotrac enables your team to maintain the highest safety standards while maximizing efficiency.
Enhanced Operational Visibility for Chemical Distribution
Exotrac’s Yard Management Solution allows chemical distribution companies to:
- Monitor HAZMAT loads with real-time alerts for safety and compliance.
- Track temperature-sensitive products to prevent spoilage or degradation.
- Streamline gate flow for hazardous and sensitive freight.
- Generate tailored reports for regulatory documentation and operational insights.
- Minimize risks with advanced notifications to prevent spills or contamination.
- Stay ahead of risks with real-time notifications for hazardous material handling.
- Detect and respond to temperature changes, leaks, or container breaches immediately.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, and other chemical safety regulations.
- Automate the creation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS), manifests, and inspection logs.
- Maintain a secure digital trail to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Reduce the risk of audits or fines with consistent, accurate documentation
- Monitor temperature-controlled chemical shipments in real time to ensure product stability.
- Detect and address fluctuations that could cause product degradation or safety issues.
- Ensure container integrity to prevent exposure or contamination during transit.
- Speed up gate check-ins and check-outs while prioritizing HAZMAT safety protocols.
- Automate appointment scheduling for chemical trailers to avoid delays.
- Ensure thorough inspections without creating bottlenecks in yard operations.
- Access customized reports on HAZMAT movements, temperature compliance, and trailer conditions.
- Track key performance metrics, including refrigerator fuel efficiency and shipment timelines.
- Leverage actionable insights to optimize chemical logistics and reduce costs.
- Receive instant alerts for critical events such as container breaches, overdue inspections, or temperature anomalies.
- Notify key stakeholders to ensure swift corrective action and minimize downtime.
- Proactively prevent spills, contamination, or environmental hazards with early warnings.
Retail Distribution Industry
Real-Time Yard Management for Supply Chain Optimization
Retailers rely on real-time data visibility to streamline operations and optimize their supply chains. Exotrac’s Yard Management Solution (YMS) serves as a critical hub, integrating all essential systems such as ERP, OMS, WMS, and TMS. Our solution empowers retailers to monitor the flow of products in and out of distribution centers, ensuring timely deliveries, operational excellence, and cost efficiency.
With features like FIFO (First-In-First-Out) prioritization, on-demand yard jockey dispatch, and real-time inventory updates, Exotrac allows retail businesses to minimize delays, reduce detention and demurrage costs, and improve customer satisfaction. By providing actionable insights and enhanced visibility, our system ensures supply chain resilience and adaptability to meet ever-changing retail demands.
Enhanced Operational Visibility for Retail Distribution
Exotrac’s retail-focused Yard Management Solution enables businesses to:
- Monitor trailer and load movements with real-time status updates.
- Track inventory and order processing to ensure accurate shipments.
- Reduce operational bottlenecks through optimized gate flow and yard planning.
- Increase efficiency and compliance with automated processes for managing carrier and drayage logistics.
- Gain real-time updates on trailer locations, load status, and yard operations.
- Monitor inventory levels to track product flow and prevent stockouts or overages.
- Ensure seamless communication between distribution centers and retail locations.
- Streamline gate check-ins and check-outs to avoid bottlenecks and delays.
- Automate yard jockey dispatching for efficient trailer movements and load prioritization.
- Use data-driven insights to allocate resources and plan for peak demand periods.
- Reduce detention and demurrage costs by tracking trailer dwell times and alerting carriers for pickups.
- Ensure regulatory compliance with automated documentation for yard and transportation activities.
- Minimize labor costs through enhanced scheduling and workflow automation.
- Generate detailed reports on yard performance, order timelines, and trailer utilization.
- Track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify areas for improvement.
- Leverage analytics to improve FIFO processes and align with daily WMS wave plans.
Truck & Trailer Leasing
Precision Monitoring and Maintenance
Truck leasing operations require real-time monitoring and maintenance tools to ensure assets are in top condition when delivered to and returned by customers. Exotrac’s YMS provides the functionality needed to meet these demands.
Key Features:
Dynamic Inspections
- Document and compare images of truck exteriors, interiors, and tires to detect wear or damage.
- Track tire tread wear and other critical components for safety compliance.
- Automate inspection reports with geo-tagged and timestamped data.
GPS-Driven Yard Automation
- Equip yard goats with GPS-enabled devices for precise tracking of truck locations.
- Conduct automated sweeps using edge cameras to verify truck placement and yard inventory.
- Monitor real-time positioning for streamlined operations.
Self-Service Returns
- Enable drivers to use kiosks for quick and efficient truck returns.
- Automate maintenance reporting, lease close-outs, and inspection initiation.
- Improve the customer experience with faster returns and fewer administrative delays.
Why Choose Exotrac for Truck and Trailer Leasing?
Exotrac’s YMS is specifically designed for the truck and trailer leasing industry, offering advanced tools to:
- Enhance accountabilitythrough dynamic inspections and photo comparison technology.
- Automate yard operationsusing GPS tracking and real-time inventory updates.
- Streamline returnswith kiosk-based self-service systems for drivers.
- Reduce costsby optimizing maintenance schedules and eliminating downtime.
- Capture high-resolution images of the interior, exterior, tires, and treads during check-outs and returns.
- Compare before-and-after images to identify damages, wear, or discrepancies.
- Automate inspection workflows and records for streamlined documentation, faster processing, and improved compliance with safety and operational standards.
- Utilize edge cameras and GPS-enabled yard equipment for precise trailer tracking and real-time location updates.
- Conduct automated yard sweeps to instantly update inventory, locate trailers, and ensure accurate asset placement.
- Eliminate manual errors, improve inventory accuracy, and enhance operational planning efficiency.
- Allow drivers to self-check-in and return trucks and trailers at kiosks.
- Automate inspection initiation, timestamped data entry, and lease close-outs.
- Reduce wait times and increase yard throughput with self-service systems.
3PL Logistics
Advanced Yard Management and Transloading Solutions
As retail, wholesale, and manufacturing companies continue to outsource yard and security gate operations to third-party logistics (3PL) providers, the demand for efficient, real-time solutions has grown. 3PL providers benefit from systems that reduce costs, improve operational control, and streamline processes such as transloading and gate management. Exotrac’s Real-Time Yard Management System (YMS) empowers 3PLs to deliver unmatched efficiency, accountability, and visibility while seamlessly integrating with their customers’ legacy systems (ERP, OMS, TMS).
With Exotrac, 3PLs gain actionable insights into trailer and container movements, optimize gate-to-dock turn times, and provide transparency to customers and carriers through dynamic portals. Our system supports critical features such as API-driven integrations, inbound and outbound photo documentation, task automation for yard spotters, and real-time inventory tracking, ensuring that 3PLs deliver operational excellence and a superior customer experience.
Enhanced Operational Visibility for 3PL Providers
Exotrac’s YMS provides 3PLs with:
- Real-time tracking of trailers, containers, and dock availability to optimize throughput.
- Tools for dynamic task management that improve yard spotter efficiency.
- Carrier and customer-facing portals for transparency and accountability.
- API integrations to connect with client systems and improve operational workflows.
- Automate gate check-ins and check-outs with real-time trailer tracking.
- Reduce bottlenecks with pre-assigned dock locations and optimized scheduling.
- Enable security teams to log and monitor all inbound and outbound movements.
- Enhance safety and compliance with accurate gate-level documentation.
- Provide live updates on load locations, statuses, and readiness for shipment.
- Upload inbound and outbound load photos for transparency and accountability.
- Allow carriers to self-manage trailer pools, schedule movements, and view availability.
- Empower clients with data on dock assignments and shipping timelines.
- Dispatch move requests to yard spotters or jockeys via mobile devices.
- Monitor task progress and completion in real-time to avoid delays.
- Reassign tasks dynamically based on updated priorities and dock availability.
- Improve accountability by logging all yard spotter activities.
- Seamlessly connect with client ERP, TMS, and WMS systems for end-to-end visibility.
- Generate real-time reports on trailer locations, yard utilization, and task progress.
- Use automated data sharing to provide insights to customers and carriers.
- Enable rapid decision-making with KPI-based analytics and customizable dashboards.
Why Exotrac’s YMS is the Best Choice for 3PL Providers
Exotrac’s YMS offers 3PL providers the tools to:
- Optimize gate-to-dock turn times with automated workflows and task assignments.
- Provide unmatched real-time visibility into trailers, loads, and dock activities.
- Enhance transparency with customer and carrier portals, featuring live updates and photo documentation.
- Seamlessly integrate with client systems using API-driven connections.
- Reduce costs and improve efficiency with dynamic yard management tools.
Automotive Manufacturing
Real-Time Yard Management for JIT Operations
The automotive manufacturing industry depends on Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery to ensure the seamless flow of critical parts and components into production facilities. Any delay or mismanagement in this process can result in costly production downtime, missed sequencing, and increased operational costs. Exotrac’s Real-Time Yard Management System (YMS) supports some of the largest automotive manufacturers worldwide, providing real-time visibility, advanced integration, and precise yard orchestration to ensure efficiency and compliance.
Our YMS helps manufacturers manage the flow of materials, conduct CTPAT inspections, track assets down to the slot level in the yard, and integrate forecasting tools to optimize workflows. With seamless API integration to ERP, TMS, and WMS systems, Exotrac enables full visibility and control across manufacturing campuses, ensuring compliance and reducing costly errors.
Enhanced Operational Visibility for Automotive Manufacturers
Exotrac’s YMS empowers automotive manufacturers to:
- Streamline material flow from rail yards, ports, and docks into production facilities.
- Conduct dynamic inspections, including CTPAT compliance, to ensure regulatory adherence.
- Optimize JIT deliveries with slot-level tracking for real-time visibility and accuracy.
- Integrate forecasting tools for better planning and resource allocation.
- Ensure the seamless flow of parts and materials into production facilities.
- Reduce costly downtime by monitoring material movement from ports, rail yards, and docks in real-time.
- Use advanced scheduling tools to align material deliveries with production timelines.
- Conduct CTPAT and other regulatory inspections directly in the yard.
- Automate inspection processes with photo documentation and geo-tagged data.
- Ensure compliance with international standards for imported and exported goods.
- Track trailers, containers, and parts down to the slot level within the yard.
- Assign and monitor yard positions dynamically to avoid bottlenecks.
- Improve dock and staging area utilization for optimal throughput.
- Integrate with ERP, TMS, and WMS systems to synchronize production schedules with yard operations.
- Leverage forecasting tools to anticipate demand and allocate resources effectively.
- Automate data sharing across systems to provide stakeholders with real-time insights.
Why Exotrac’s YMS is the Best Choice for Automotive Manufacturing
Exotrac’s YMS addresses the critical needs of automotive manufacturers by:
- Eliminating costly mistakes with real-time visibility and JIT sequencing.
- Supporting CTPAT compliance and dynamic inspection processes to streamline international shipments.
- Enhancing slot-level tracking for precise yard and dock management.
- Improving operational planning through forecasting tools and system integration.
- Increasing efficiency while reducing downtime and handling costs.
Food Distribution
Real-Time Yard Management for Perishables
The food and grocery distribution industry faces unique challenges, including the rapid movement of perishable products and the need to minimize spoilage. Timing and temperature accuracy are critical to ensure the integrity of refrigerated products and to optimize fuel consumption. Exotrac’s Real-Time Yard Management System (YMS) is designed to help food distributors achieve these goals by integrating advanced IoT sensor technology, real-time temperature tracking, and dynamic yard workflows.
Our YMS enables proactive planning, offering real-time visibility into reefer unit temperatures, trailer movements, and on-site inventory. With precise data on arrivals and departures, food distributors can reduce spoilage, ensure compliance with food safety regulations, and optimize their supply chain efficiency. Exotrac seamlessly connects all elements of the distribution process, ensuring speed-to-market for time-sensitive goods and extending shelf life.
Enhanced Visibility and Control for Food Distribution
Exotrac’s YMS enables food distributors to:
- Monitor real-time reefer temperatures for arrivals and departures, ensuring compliance with food safety standards.
- Reduce spoilage with IoT-enabled sensors that communicate directly with mobile devices.
- Track and manage the movement of perishable goods throughout the yard with slot-level precision.
- Provide actionable insights for optimizing fuel consumption and yard throughput.
- Capture and monitor reefer unit temperatures during arrivals and departures.
- Use IoT sensors to provide real-time alerts for temperature deviations.
- Ensure compliance with food safety regulations by logging and reporting temperature data.
- Dynamically assign trailers to optimal slots for quick loading and unloading.
- Track inventory in real-time to ensure efficient handling of perishable goods.
- Minimize time-on-property to reduce spoilage and fuel consumption.
- Monitor reefer units for fuel levels and operational health.
- Automate preventative maintenance schedules for refrigerated trailers.
- Reduce fuel consumption with efficient yard workflows and data-driven decisions.
- Automate the generation of reports for food safety inspections.
- Ensure regulatory compliance with geo-tagged and timestamped data for all shipments.
- Provide stakeholders with transparent documentation on the condition of goods.
Why Choose Exotrac’s YMS for Food Distribution?
Exotrac’s YMS offers food distributors the tools to:
- Reduce spoilage with real-time reefer tracking and IoT-enabled temperature monitoring.
- Optimize yard operations with slot-level tracking and proactive scheduling.
- Improve compliance with automated reporting for food safety and quality standards.
- Lower operational costs by reducing detention times and fuel consumption.
- Increase supply chain visibility for all stakeholders, including customers and carriers.
Manufacturing Industry
Overcoming Bottlenecks with Real-Time Yard Management
In the fast-paced manufacturing industry, the ability to keep materials and goods flowing smoothly is critical. Delays caused by bottlenecks in yard operations can ripple through the production process, leading to costly downtime and missed deadlines. Exotrac’s Real-Time Yard Management System (YMS) is designed to eliminate these bottlenecks by optimizing the movement of raw materials, work-in-progress goods, and finished products.
From the gate to the dock and back to the yard, Exotrac ensures seamless coordination across your operations. By providing real-time visibility, dynamic yard workflows, and slot-level tracking, manufacturers can maintain an uninterrupted flow of goods, reduce dwell times, and align yard activities with production schedules. With seamless integration into ERP, TMS, and WMS systems, Exotrac’s YMS becomes a vital tool in keeping your manufacturing operations running efficiently.
Enhanced Bottleneck Management for Manufacturing
Bottlenecks in yard operations can disrupt material flow and impact production timelines. Exotrac’s YMS addresses these challenges by:
- Streamlining gate-to-dock operations to ensure smooth material intake and dispatch.
- Providing real-time visibility into trailer and container locations to avoid delays.
- Dynamically assigning yard slots and docks to optimize space utilization and throughput.
- Automating workflows to minimize manual interventions and reduce idle times.
- Identify and address bottlenecks in real-time with actionable insights.
- Automate scheduling to prioritize critical material deliveries for Just-in-Time (JIT) production.
- Ensure efficient flow of goods from receiving docks to production lines and back to the yard.
- Track trailers and containers down to specific yard slots to maximize yard space.
- Dynamically reassign slots and docks to adapt to changing operational needs.
- Reduce dwell times by maintaining clear visibility into yard activity and asset placement.
- Conduct CTPAT and other regulatory inspections without disrupting material flow.
- Use geo-tagged photo documentation to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Generate automated reports for audits and quality control processes.
- Integrate seamlessly with ERP, TMS, and WMS systems to synchronize data across operations.
- Monitor real-time KPIs with customizable dashboards for decision-making.
- Leverage comprehensive reporting to identify trends and improve operational efficiency.
Why Choose Exotrac’s YMS for Manufacturing?
Exotrac’s YMS provides manufacturing operations with the tools to:
- Eliminate bottlenecks by streamlining gate, dock, and yard workflows.
- Optimize material flow to align with JIT production schedules and reduce downtime.
- Enhance visibility with real-time data on yard activity and asset placement.
- Simplify compliance with automated inspections and detailed reporting.
- Support scalability across single or multi-site manufacturing operations.
By keeping the flow of goods moving seamlessly between the gate, dock, and yard, Exotrac ensures your manufacturing operations stay on track and ahead of schedule.