Why Yard Management Is the Last Broken Node in Supply Chain

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges and advancements in yard management within the supply chain, featuring insights from Darin Brannan of Terminal Industries.

The yard sits between transportation and warehousing, but remains one of the least modernized parts of the supply chain. In this episode, Darin Brannan, CEO of Terminal Industries, explains why yard operations have stayed manual, how congestion and poor visibility create cascading delays across the network, and why that’s becoming a real constraint for operators. The conversation goes beyond visibility into what actually changes when AI is applied in production. From faster gate check-ins and real-time asset tracking to workflow orchestration and autonomous decision-making, this episode breaks down what “Smart Yard 3.0” looks like in practice. It also explores the broader impact of yard performance on warehouse throughput, carrier coordination, and system-wide efficiency—along with emerging use cases in security, fraud detection, and damage tracking. If you’re investing in WMS, TMS, or automation but still seeing friction in operations, this episode will help you understand where the bottleneck might actually be—and how to approach it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ninaad Acharya, Dan Coll

Guest: Darin Brannan

Topics covered

• yard management
• supply chain
• AI in logistics
• warehouse efficiency
• transportation
• automation

Keywords

• yard operations
• congestion
• visibility
• Smart Yard 3.0
• real-time tracking
• workflow orchestration
• autonomous decision-making
• warehouse throughput
• carrier coordination
• security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Terminal Industries, WMS, TMS

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