Manhattan Active Yard Management
Optimize yard operations and bridge the gap between warehouse and transportation management.
Executive Summary
Manhattan Active Yard Management is a comprehensive solution designed to streamline and optimize yard operations within a supply chain. It acts as a crucial link, bridging the operational gap between warehouse management and transportation management systems. By providing real-time visibility and control over trailers, docks, and yard assets, the solution helps businesses enhance efficiency, reduce dwell times, and improve overall logistics flow. Built on the cloud-native Manhattan Active Platform, the system offers continuous innovation and scalability. It features automated capabilities for tasks like door and trailer assignment, enabling more efficient scheduling and movement of goods. This integration with other Manhattan Active solutions, such as Warehouse Management and Transportation Management, ensures a unified approach to supply chain execution, allowing for end-to-end optimization from inbound receiving to outbound shipping. The solution is designed to unify disparate yard processes, providing a single source of truth for yard inventory and movements. This unification helps reduce manual errors, improve communication between yard, warehouse, and transportation teams, and ultimately accelerate the flow of goods through the supply chain, leading to significant operational cost savings and improved service levels.
Use Cases
- Optimizing trailer and dock door assignments for inbound and outbound shipments.
- Reducing trailer dwell times and improving yard throughput.
- Gaining real-time visibility into yard inventory and asset locations.
- Automating yard processes to minimize manual intervention and errors.
- Coordinating seamlessly with warehouse and transportation management systems.
Features
Visibility
- Real-time Yard Map: Visual representation of all trailers, assets, and dock doors within the yard.
- Trailer Tracking: Monitor the precise location and status of every trailer in the yard.
- Dock Door Status: View real-time availability and occupancy of all dock doors.
Intelligence
- Automated Door & Trailer Assignment: System-driven assignment of trailers to optimal dock doors based on rules and real-time conditions.
- Yard Optimization: Algorithms to minimize dwell times and maximize yard throughput.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-native, microservices-based architecture with extensive REST APIs.
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Authentication
- OAuth/OIDC
- API Available
- Yes
Integrations
- Manhattan Active Warehouse Management
- Manhattan Active Transportation Management
Security & Compliance
Certifications: SOC 2
Pricing
- Model
- Add-on; free for Warehouse Management users, additional fee for Transportation Management users
- Starting Price
- Contact sales
- Target Customer
- Mid-Market,Enterprise
About Manhattan Associates
Manhattan Associates is a global technology leader specializing in supply chain and omnichannel commerce solutions. The company provides cloud-native software that helps businesses manage their supply chains, inventory, and omnichannel operations, serving over 1,300 customers worldwide.
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