Gate Management
Terminal's AI vision reads, verifies, and clears every truck and trailer at the gate, with your team approving each entry or the gate running fully unmanned. Start where you are today and automate at your own pace, on one platform.
The Problem
A guard with a clipboard, a radio, and a printed appointment list can only process one truck at a time, and every truck behind it idles. Drivers burn hours of service in the queue, license plates and trailer numbers get keyed in wrong, and by the time a truck reaches the yard nobody's sure what's actually on it. And too often the choice on offer is all or nothing: keep the manual booth, or rip it out for a black-box automated gate. You should be able to fix the gate without betting the yard on it.
The Solution
Terminal Gate Management enables seamless gate operations by using computer vision-enabled cameras to automate key ID capture, refilling lane cards, and providing a single dashboard for all in-and-out activity while using mobile devices to scan documents, verify seals, and capture driver IDs—ultimately improving accuracy, reducing check-in times, and paving the way for a fully automated gate. e
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Here are the most common questions teams have before getting started with Terminal Gate Acceleration.
No. Terminal reads plates and trailer IDs with computer vision, so there's nothing to tag, issue, or replace.
No. Start in Assisted mode with your guard in the loop, then move to Autonomous, where the gate runs unmanned, whenever you're ready. You can run different modes at different lanes or sites.
It's captured and routed to an exception flow before it enters, so nothing gets in unverified.
As little as 5 days, with low IT involvement on your side.
Drivers can easily check themselves in with a browser-based application. It will upload their DRL and they will confirm their shipment ID upon entry and exit.
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.
DISPATCH AND SPOTTER ORCHESTRATION - Terminal assigns the next best move automatically, by priority and proximity, so your spotters stop deadheading and your supervisors stop guessing what's urgent.
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.
CARRIER APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING - Carriers self-schedule and cut dwell. With Terminal Carrier Appointments, 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.
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:
30-minute demo
Needs discovery call
Yard ROI assessment
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