"Kenco wants to use drones for managing real-time data gathering in outside yard operations. PINC’s patented RTLS sensor platform captures locations of assets and inventory, and can provide up-to-the-minute information that would allow Kenco to customize and segment yard operations based on customer needs and business rules."
“N4 has allowed us to streamline our systems and better our end-to-end operational process throughout the country. We are learning how important it is to have an open mind so that processes can continue to improve and long-term benefits can be achieved.”
"Navis N4 has automated all processes in comparison to the manual work being done earlier. Gate and yard activities have been streamlined. Delivery rate of containers has increased. Reporting is simplified. Navis N4 has enabled operations to perform better."
"The implementation of N4 is part of a larger project for bct to utilize the most innovative hardware and software available. N4 will enable the customization options we need to support our automation initiatives."
"PINC automates many of the yard management processes that were done manually. By using their system, we are able to keep track of our assets in the yard at all times, and share the information through a web-based interface. With a minimal amount of capital investment and virtually no disruption to our Distribution Center operation, we have improved our yard operation efficiency and cut costs."
"PINC pays for itself within the first year."
"The main reason for choosing n4 is that it is integrated to the equipment control system. The strength of having an integrated solution – kalmar on one hand and navis on the other -- was a strong selling point for us. Of course, the other was the depth of experience in automation."
"Certainly from a corporate perspective, it helps us get a pulse on what is going on out in the field."
"It was really important that the solution be able to grow with us as our business continued to grow and change. Upon review of PINC’s proposal, our project team considered their hosted YMS solution as being truly the ‘best in class’ in each of our evaluation areas."
"PINC allows us to receive an ASN, and we also upload any number of file types and match those files with trailer arrival times into the yard."
"When trailers are getting pulled at a high rate of speed, by the time you perform a yard check for 1,000 trailers, the whole yard has changed. We wanted a very flexible, robust system that would give visibility, KPIs, and tracking to know exactly what parts and what containers were in which location at any given time."
"We’re sending messages right through the platform, so we no longer have to use a cell phone or a radio."
"With PINC, we have been able to scale to more than 800 trailer visits per day."
"Visibility into container locations boosts our operating efficiencies...our customers have a clear windown into our operations."
"Navis N4 2.3 has delivered long term successes in rdp operations. As a tos it has time and time again proven to be scalable, easily adaptable on physical and virtual servers, robust, and able to cater to all needs of rail operations easily."