Terminal for Smaller Operations
You don't have to rip out and replace anything, or buy a platform you won't use for years. Start with the one problem slowing your yard down today and grow into the full Yard Operating SystemTM on your timeline.
GATE ACCELERATION - Digitize gate check-in and check-out. With Terminal Gate Acceleration, our computer vision system captures key data on trucks, chassis, trailers, and containers and uploads them before the truck stops at the gate. Check-in/out in under two minutes, no clipboard required.
LOAD VERIFICATION - Documents what actually leaves the yard. With Terminal Load Verification capture seal numbers, container condition, load configuration, and BOL defeating retail chargeback fraud and producing the ISO 17712 seal record CTPAT and modern cargo insurers expect.
YARD SECURITY - Verify every driver and load before it moves. Terminal Yard Security checks the driver's identity and the carrier's legitimacy against the appointment automatically, so a fraudulent pickup is stopped before it leaves.
YARD VISIBILITY - Know where every trailer is, in real time without tagging a single one. Terminal's Yard Visibility and Asset Inventory keeps track of where all of your material is in your yard and gives you single pane of glass reporting of all tasks from gate to dock.
APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING - Carriers self-schedule and cut dwell. With Terminal Appointment Scheduling, carriers self-book, slot appointments dynamically against real arrival times, and tie every appointment to the gate and the dock, so your doors stop sitting idle and then getting slammed.
Start with oPick the single problem slowing your yard down most (the gate, visibility, security) and put it on one site. It works on its own from day one, so you prove the value before you commit to anything more.
Once the first module is paying off, layer in the next ones on your own timeline, with no re-implementation. You only ever pay for what you're actually using.
When you add sites, they roll up into a single view automatically, so your second and third yards are an expansion of the system you already know, not a new project. The same OS that ran one yard now runs them all.
The Solution
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All-inclusive and priced as a service. No big upfront cost, no hardware to buy, built for lean yard budgets.
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Initial deployment in as little as 5 days, with a low IT lift and no third-party devices to support.
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Modular by design. Run one module or all of them, you're never paying for a platform you haven't grown into."
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Forget about bolt-on systems. Terminal was built to deliver accessible computer vision automation at clear ROI within the first year.
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Our system augments our completely automates common yard workflows like gate, yard checks, and dispatch as your needs require.
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$ 641,626
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Case Study
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Within days, my team is already self-sufficient. They are managing live drivers, drop trailers, and moves through the app across all three shifts.
Reduction in Gate Processing Times
Improvement in Yard Throughput
Terminal is an AI-native Yard Operating SystemTM (YOSTM) that uses computer vision to to automate check-in, locate every trailer, and direct moves — for one yard or many. You get the same automation the big operators run, sized to your site.
No. Terminal reads trucks and trailers with computer vision, so there's nothing to tag, scan, or maintain.
A spreadsheet records what someone remembered to type; Terminal sees what's actually happening in your yard right now and acts on it. It's the difference between a logbook and a live system.
No. It's cloud-based with minimal IT lift, no servers to buy and no infrastructure to manage.
Yes. The computer vision delivers the same accuracy whether you run 50 moves a day or 500, a smaller operation just needs fewer cameras.
Let's discuss how Terminal can help you with your yard of the future. Start with one application and only pay for what you need. Contact us today to schedule one of the following:
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