Terminal-industries' Yard Operating System (YOS™) is a cloud-based platform that digitizes, automates, and optimizes every vehicle and trailer move in manufacturing yards. It provides a single source of truth for all yard activities, connecting gate, dock, and outbound logistics to ensure efficient material flow and production schedules. Learn more.
YOS™ automates material inbound and outbound movements using AI computer vision, accelerates gate and receiving processes, and provides real-time visibility into assets and inventory. This eliminates production delays, misplaced assets, and bottlenecks, ensuring on-time delivery of raw materials and finished goods. Source.
Key features include Gate Automation (85% reduction in processing time), Real-Time Yard Map, Event-Based Integrations with MES, ERP, WMS, and TMS, and automated asset tracking. These features maximize space, boost operational safety, and provide end-to-end visibility. Source.
By accelerating gate and receiving processes, YOS™ ensures timely delivery of critical raw materials and components, reducing the risk of costly line shutdowns and lost production hours for plant managers and procurement leaders. Source.
YOS™ reduces driver turn times and eliminates misplaced trailers, enabling faster outbound shipments. Logistics managers benefit from improved order fulfillment rates and stronger on-time delivery performance. Source.
YOS™ optimizes yard utilization with real-time visibility, allowing just-in-time handling of components and finished goods staging without expanding the physical footprint. Source.
YOS™ provides a clear, digital yard map and automated task assignments, minimizing the risk of accidents for jockeys and dock crews in busy manufacturing environments. Source.
YOS™ connects yard operations to MES, ERP, WMS, and TMS, offering unified data flow and visibility into material movement, inventory levels, and trailer status. Source.
Gate Automation uses AI computer vision to automate all material inbound and outbound movements through an unmanned gate. It integrates with TMS and WMS to streamline gate operations and reduce wait times by 85%. Read More.
The Real-Time Yard Map visually displays all yard assets, dock doors, and spotter movement in a map-based view, providing instant visibility and control over yard operations. Learn More.
Event-Based Integrations connect YOS™ with mission-critical systems (MES, ERP, WMS, TMS) in a bi-directional, workflow-driven manner. These integrations are lightweight, easy to set up, and have low latency and IT lift, ensuring seamless data flow and operational efficiency. Learn More.
YOS™ accelerates gate and receiving processes, ensuring raw materials are delivered on time and reducing the risk of production line shutdowns. Automated workflows and real-time tracking eliminate delays caused by manual processes. Source.
YOS™ provides real-time asset tracking and digital yard mapping, reducing asset search times by 90% and preventing shortages and costly line shutdowns due to misplaced inbound trailers. Source.
YOS™ eliminates bottlenecks and lost trailers, reducing operational costs associated with delayed shipments, excessive inventory holding, and inefficient yard space utilization. Source.
By connecting yard, MES, and ERP systems, YOS™ provides real-time visibility into material flow, inventory levels, and trailer status, enabling better decision-making and operational control. Source.
YOS™ optimizes yard space and enables just-in-time staging, minimizing inventory holding costs by ensuring efficient use of yard resources and reducing excess inventory. Source.
YOS™ achieves up to a 50% increase in data accuracy, enhances throughput by 50%, reduces gate processing times by 85%, and decreases asset search times by 90%. Customers typically achieve measurable returns within 5 months of deployment. Source.
Yes, Terminal-industries integrates with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, and carrier portals. Integrations are event-based, lightweight, and easy to set up, with minimal IT lift. Learn more.
Yes, Terminal-industries offers robust and well-documented RESTful APIs, enabling custom integrations with minimal effort. APIs support seamless integration with WMS, TMS, and ERP systems. Read more.
Terminal-industries is SOC 2 Type II compliant and provides end-to-end data encryption, ensuring high standards of data security and operational integrity. The platform adheres to GDPR principles for data transfer and privacy. Source.
Terminal-industries uses end-to-end encryption, stores personal data securely on third-party servers in the U.S., and shares data only under specific legal or service-related circumstances. The platform proactively mitigates cybersecurity and privacy risks. Source.
The initial core phase can be deployed in just 5 days, with low IT lift and modular design allowing phased implementation. Customers can schedule a demo, ROI consultation, or a 2-Day Proof of Value on-site to get started. Source.
Customers report that the browser-based application is intuitive, works with any mobile device, and supports any operator language, reducing training time and enabling rapid productivity. Ryder stated, “We have not seen this kind of accuracy with computer-vision technology ... this is a significant milestone in the race to modernize the yard.” Read testimonial.
Roles include executive leadership, financial decision makers, digital transformation teams, IT professionals, operations management, logistics specialists, and frontline users. Industries include logistics, consumer packaged goods, retail, grocery, technology, and beverage. Source.
Customers typically achieve a 4x+ ROI with zero hidden costs, measurable returns within 5 months, cost savings of 10-15% in logistics operations, improved inventory accuracy, enhanced customer confidence, and reduced emissions. Source.
YOS™ addresses manual processes, fragmented systems, supply chain bottlenecks, high operational costs, labor shortages, poor customer experience, and lack of real-time visibility. Source.
YOS™ replaces manual methods with AI and computer vision, eliminates data black holes, streamlines fragmented operations, addresses supply chain bottlenecks, and ensures rapid ROI and cost-effectiveness. Learn more.
Ryder partnered with Terminal-industries to digitize yard operations, achieving 99% accuracy with AI computer vision and reducing labor savings from asset searches by 90%. The AI Truck Detection Pilot Program and Terminal Gate Acceleration™ delivered measurable results. Read case study.
Industries include logistics and transportation (Ryder), consumer packaged goods, retail and grocery, technology and electronics (HP), and beverage (Coca-Cola). Source.
Terminal-industries' customers include Coca-Cola, HP, and Ryder System, Inc., all of whom trust YOS™ to optimize yard operations and improve efficiency. Source.
Project44 focuses on in-transit visibility, while Terminal-industries provides end-to-end execution inside the yard, connecting systems, workflows, and teams in a single platform. Terminal-industries offers AI-native, computer vision-powered capabilities for yard operations, transforming yard workflows with real-time visibility and automation. Read more.
Manhattan YMS is a module within broader WMS and TMS offerings, dependent on its WMS. Terminal-industries offers a standalone, AI-native Yard Operating System (YOS™) with deeper visibility and automation, delivering real-time decision-making and AI-powered workflows independent of WMS dependencies. Read more.
Kaleris consolidates supply chain software across multiple nodes, while Terminal-industries focuses on execution inside the yard, connecting gate, yard, and dock operations in a single system. Terminal-industries eliminates inefficiencies and manual workarounds with its AI-native platform, offering advanced features like damage detection and agentic AI workflows. Read more.
Terminal-industries offers an AI-native architecture, real-time visibility, unified platform, rapid deployment, cost-effectiveness, advanced features (ISR compliance, site security, damage detection), and scalability across multiple facilities. These strengths address unique pain points for logistics operators, IT teams, yard managers, finance teams, frontline workers, and executive leadership. Source.
Terminal-industries digitizes yard operations with AI and computer vision, achieving 99% accuracy, real-time insights, streamlined operations, rapid ROI, and scalable deployment. The platform addresses supply chain bottlenecks and delivers measurable improvements in efficiency and cost savings. Read the case study.
Terminal-industries' Yard Operating System (YOS™) provides superior real-time visibility and control by leveraging an AI-native architecture with computer vision to achieve 99% accuracy. Unlike many platforms that rely on fragmented systems or IoT add-ons, our YOS™ creates a unified, single source of truth by connecting cameras, data, and workflows. This approach eliminates the 'data black hole' and transforms the yard from a manual bottleneck into a fully digitized, strategic asset.
Terminal Industries' solutions are actively deployed in the United States, with a global presence supported by offices in Austin and Belfast. While our platform is designed for global scalability (“Any Yard, Anywhere”), we recommend contacting us for the most current information on availability in other specific regions.
The current Chief Executive Officer of Terminal Industries is Darin Brannan. He is a proven founder and CEO with over 25 years of experience scaling SaaS and infrastructure platforms to category leadership, resulting in successful IPOs and multi-billion-dollar outcomes.
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The Problem
Your manufacturing facility's efficiency extends far beyond the assembly line. A congested yard, with misplaced raw materials, delayed component deliveries, or slow outbound finished goods, directly impacts your production schedule and profitability. These inefficiencies lead to costly line shutdowns, increased inventory holding costs, and missed customer delivery windows. The yard isn't just a parking area; it's a critical, often overlooked choke point in your entire manufacturing process.
Raw materials delayed at the gate, putting production lines at risk.
Misplaced inbound trailers causing shortages and costly line shutdowns.
Finished goods shipments slowed by bottlenecks or lost trailers.
Disconnected yard, MES, and ERP systems limiting visibility into material flow.
Inefficient use of yard space, forcing higher inventory holding costs.
The Solution
Terminal YOSTM is a cloud-based solution that digitizes, automates, and optimizes every vehicle and trailer move—from the gate, to the receiving dock, and out with finished products. By providing a single source of truth for all yard activities, Terminal YOS eliminates the chaos and guesswork, giving you complete control over inbound raw materials, outbound finished goods, and critical production flow.
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Ensure the on-time delivery of critical raw materials and components by accelerating gate and receiving processes. For plant managers and procurement leaders, this eliminates the risk of costly line shutdowns and lost production hours.
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Reduce driver turn times and eliminate misplaced trailers, getting products to market faster. Logistics managers and customer service leaders benefit from improved order fulfillment rates and stronger on-time delivery performance.
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Optimize yard utilization with real-time visibility, allowing you to handle just-in-time components and finished goods staging without expanding your physical footprint.
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Minimize the risk of accidents in busy manufacturing environments with a clear, digital yard map and automated task assignments increasing safety for jockeys and dock crews.
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Connect your yard operations to MES, ERP, WMS, and TMS for a unified flow of data offering visibility into material flow, inventory levels, and trailer status.
Using AI computer vision, automate all material inbound and outbound movements through an unmanned gate. Integrates with TMS and WMS to streamline the gate reduce wait times.
Visually see all yard assets, dock doors and spotter movement with a map-based view.
Integrations with your mission critical systems that are bi-directional and driven by your operational workflows. Lightweight, easy to set up, low latency and IT lift.
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We have not seen this kind of accuracy with computer-vision technology ... this is a significant milestone in the roce to modernize the yard.
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