The grocery industry has reached an all-time high for demand from both suppliers and customers. With e-commerce and in-store demands, grocery retailers face new challenges on how to improve the customer experience, streamline supply chain efforts, gather accurate data and reporting, all while remaining ahead of a transformative curve. Thankfully, with the help of yard management software, a proper solution is put in place. Get rid of traditional paper trails, excel spreadsheets, and whiteboards with YardView’s YMS solution.

In a market that is all-consumed by e-commerce and multiple channel selling, the grocery industry has increased the importance of ongoing maintenance and keen observations to meet the rising demands of customers. It’s no secret that mismanaged inventory has reached an accelerated path to business failure, resulting in skyrocketed overhead and a downward trajectory. Thankfully, yard operations play a key role in how the grocery industry can benefit from a yard management system.

•     Both grocery inventory carriers and customers have access to the YMS so they can view key information and important details about their favorite products.
•     Incorporating wave scheduling management ensures that all outbound shipments and carriers leave on time, so they reach their destination.
•     Receive real-time reporting and updates on incoming deliveries to see if they will be late hours in advance, streamlining processes to make efficient changes as needed to prevent delays.
•     Gain an eagle-eye view of what’s happening on the floor of the warehouse.
•     Access a load planning module which includes all status updates from staging to departure.
•     Establish, enforce, and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify areas of improvement.

From the yard to the last mile, every person can benefit from using YardView’s yard management system. With it being easily used, trained on, and adopted by every member of the grocery industry, it doesn’t matter the department they come from or skill level they have. Let the benefits speak for themselves:

•     Simplify the check-in/check-out process to ensure a faster throughout
and greater accuracy in arrival/departure data.
•     Provide detailed insights to customers about your operation
so the understand how you help them.
•     Eliminate the need for manual lot checks and automate processes with
system integrations and action-based triggers.
•     Prepare comprehensive analytics, reports, key performance
indicators (KPIs) and metrics for a fast and effective way for management to make decisions.
•     Gain real-time visibility on spotter productivity to easily track performance.
•     Track driver productivity to ensure they are on-time and completing
tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
•     Identify and remove bottlenecks within beverage product inventory.
•     Gain extensive visibility into the location of assets, dock doors, available spots, dwell times, etc.
•     Generate accountability for every yard member as to who did what, when,
how, and why.
•     Provide actual real-time information and insights to implement
continuous improvement and efficiencies.
•     Optimize trailer pools and reduce storage fees by proactively managing yard operations.
•     Improve dock utilization and efficiency by managing live loads and
turn drivers quicker.
•     Create and send automatic emails and alerts that are graphically displayed
and sent for the most important internal/external actions and events.
•     Receive a 100% Return on Investment (ROI) in less than 4 months!
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The ability to maintain the upmost transparency is essential to grocery consumers, especially when in a competitive, everchanging industry. YardView’s yard management system solution provides better quality assurance, meets regulatory and compliance standards, as well as maintains better inventory control that is free of errors. Here’s our approach:
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•     We offer extraordinary 24/7 support by a team of trained experts who answer the phone when you call and are well-equipped to address and solve every request promptly.
•     Our team of support technicians sit in the United States and support
enterprise-wide solutions.
•     We have a 4 week or less implementation guarantee for your
yard management system so you can have it off the ground running as
soon as possible.
•     Our YMS is fully customizable to your business’s operations so you and your team is successful.
•     With new enhancements and improvements every month, in advance of changing technologies, we look for ways to make the system easier to use or more powerful for the end user - YOU.
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