Case Study: Carhartt achieves real-time trailer visibility and automated yard management with Kaleris YMS

Kaleris YMS Gives Global Apparel Manufacturer Up-to-the-Minute Data on its Yard Operations

Carhartt, a global apparel manufacturer shipping U.S., Mexico and European orders from a single Western Kentucky facility with multiple drop lots and satellite yards, needed real-time yard visibility and a replacement for manual yard checks and paper-based processes. The company required tracking of trailers from gate entry through all onsite movements, better driver and equipment tracking for security, and a standalone solution that could later integrate with its WMS and TMS — and selected Kaleris and its cloud-hosted Kaleris YMS.

Kaleris deployed its hosted Kaleris YMS to automate appointments, guard check-in/check-out, scheduling and trailer tracking, producing immediate, measurable results: real-time visibility to loads and trailer locations, elimination of manual yard checks, richer equipment and load data (including trailer size and condition), access to new reports and an online record of all yard activities, and what Carhartt reports as 100% control and visibility over yard operations and increased driver efficiency.

Carhartt

Andra Gibson

Project Manager, Logistics Service Solutions