YardFlow lands over 200-site yard automation deal

YardFlow is rolling out its yard automation software across more than 200 sites of an unnamed beverage giant following a successful 26-site pilot. The customer moved nearly 5% more freight with the same headcount by standardizing driver check-ins and digitizing bills of lading before implementing hardware-intensive automation like machine vision. For logistics educators, this illustrates how resolving low-tech administrative bottlenecks in yard operations can unlock significant operational throughput and cost savings.

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