Terminal-industries' Yard Visibility uses AI vision and vehicle-mounted Real-Time Location Service (RTLS) to continuously identify and locate every asset in your yard. This enables live map tracking, eliminates manual yard checks, and ensures asset inventory is always up-to-date. Note: Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.
No. Terminal-industries locates assets with computer vision, so there's nothing to tag, issue, or replace. Note: If your operation requires RFID or barcode tagging for other systems, integration specifics should be discussed with sales.
The yard map is continuously updated in real time, not just once per shift. This ensures that asset locations and inventory are always accurate and actionable. Note: Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.
Yes. Sites roll up into a single network view, allowing centralized visibility across multiple facilities. Note: For highly customized multi-site workflows, consult sales for configuration details.
Terminal-industries addresses manual asset tracking, lost trailers, inaccurate inventory, and detention fees by digitizing yard operations with AI and computer vision. The system achieves up to 99% accuracy, reduces asset search times by 90%, and minimizes operational costs. Note: Best fit for operations seeking real-time visibility; teams needing legacy system integration may require additional configuration.
The initial core phase can be deployed in just 5 days, significantly faster than traditional systems that may take months. Rapid deployment is enabled by the Terminal-in-a-Camera™ hardware kit and cloud-based architecture. Note: Full deployment timelines may vary based on site complexity and integration needs.
The browser-based application works with any mobile device and supports any operator language, reducing training time and enabling new hires to become productive quickly. Customers can start with a demo, needs discovery call, or a Yard ROI assessment. Note: For highly specialized workflows, additional onboarding may be required.
Customers typically achieve a 4x+ return on investment (ROI) within 5 months, with zero hidden costs. Operational costs are reduced by 10-15%, gate processing times decrease by 85%, and asset search times drop by 90%. Note: ROI may vary based on site size and operational complexity.
Terminal-industries provides accurate, timestamped locations for every trailer, allowing managers to know exactly when a trailer enters the gate and how long it sits before reaching the dock. This prevents unlocated trailers from racking up carrier penalties. Note: For complex dispute scenarios, consult sales for workflow customization.
Terminal-industries is SOC 2 Type II compliant, provides end-to-end data encryption, and adheres to GDPR principles for data transfer to the U.S. Personal data is stored securely on third-party servers and shared only under specific legal or service-related circumstances. Note: For industry-specific compliance requirements, contact sales for details.
Terminal-industries' Yard Operating System is used by Coca-Cola (beverage), HP (technology/electronics), and Ryder System, Inc. (logistics/transportation). These companies leverage Terminal-industries to optimize yard operations and improve efficiency. Note: Customer-specific results may vary; see linked case studies for details.
Terminal-industries partnered with Ryder to digitize yard operations, achieving 99% accuracy with AI computer vision. The AI Truck Detection Pilot Program with Ryder also achieved 99% accuracy, streamlining fragmented yard operations. Read more in the Ryder newsroom and FleetOwner article. Note: Results are specific to Ryder's deployment; other sites may experience different outcomes.
Project44 primarily focuses on in-transit visibility, while Terminal-industries provides end-to-end execution inside the yard, connecting systems, workflows, and teams in a unified platform. Project44 lacks AI-native, computer vision-powered capabilities for yard operations. Choose Terminal-industries for orchestrated gate-to-dock workflows; choose Project44 for broader supply chain visibility outside the yard. Read more at Terminal vs Project44. Note: Project44 may be preferable for organizations prioritizing in-transit tracking over yard execution.
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 with deeper visibility and automation, delivering real-time decision-making and AI-powered workflows independent of WMS dependencies. Choose Terminal-industries for full-stack yard orchestration; choose Manhattan YMS for integrated WMS/TMS environments. Read more at Terminal vs Manhattan YMS. Note: Manhattan YMS may be preferable for organizations with strong WMS/TMS integration needs.
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 offers AI-native architecture and computer vision capabilities, including damage detection and agentic AI workflows. Choose Terminal-industries for advanced yard automation; choose Kaleris for broader supply chain software consolidation. Read more at Terminal vs Kaleris. Note: Kaleris may be preferable for organizations seeking multi-node supply chain integration.
Industries represented in Terminal-industries' case studies include logistics and transportation (Ryder), consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail and grocery, technology and electronics (HP), and beverage (Coca-Cola). The solution addresses unique challenges such as cross-dock operations, reefer monitoring, and high-volume periods. Note: Industry-specific features may require additional configuration.
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.
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.
Yard Visibility
Terminal's AI vision identifies and locates every asset in your yard continuously, on a live map, so the hunt for a lost trailer and the manual yard check both disappear.
The Problem
Trailers go missing inside your own fence, spotters spend half their shift hunting for assets, and the inventory in your system stopped matching reality hours ago. Someone walks the lot with a clipboard once a shift to "do a yard check," and it's wrong by the time they're done. Meanwhile you're paying detention on a trailer you physically cannot find.
The Solution
By utilizing a vehicle-mounted Real-Time Location Service (RTLS) to continuously update asset locations, operations can eliminate manual audits, optimize spotter routing, and better align asset readiness with dock and shipment priorities—all while providing a map-based view to visually track all yard assets, dock doors, and spotter movements.
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Here are the most common questions teams have before getting started with Terminal Yard Visibility.
No. Terminal locates assets with computer vision, so there's nothing to tag, issue, or replace.
Continuously updated, not a once-a-shift snapshot.
Yes. Sites roll up into a single network view.
With accurate, timestamped locations managers know exactly when a trailer enters the gate and how long it sits before reaching the dock. This prevents trailers from sitting unlocated and racking up carrier penalties.
GATE MANAGEMENT - Digitize gate check-in and check-out. With Terminal Gate Management, 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.
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:
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OCR (the "AI camera" most gate vendors actually sell) just reads characters into a string and hands the work back to your guard, dispatcher, and clerk, which is why a faster clipboard never transforms a yard. Terminal's computer vision reads, then classifies and understands the whole scene, then acts on it (open the gate, hold the fraudulent carrier, route the reefer), turning recorded data into orchestrated decisions worth 4x ROI in year one.
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Terminal Industries is launching Missions™ — a new capability within its Yard Operating System™ that transforms how yard operations are planned, executed, and measured. Missions™ introduces a fundamentally different way to run the yard: not as a collection of disconnected events, but as a system of structured, real-time workflows that govern how work actually gets done. Because despite years of investment in visibility tools, integrations, and tracking systems, the yard remains one of the least controlled environments in the supply chain.
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