What is the ROI of yard management software?

Let’s take a look at our customers' reported savings.

Investing in a YMS improves efficiency, increases throughput, and reduces unnecessary costs. But what can you expect? We asked our customers what savings they experienced.

Want to know your potential savings?

The impacting factors

# of trucks per day
# of working days per year
# of shifts per working day
# of (un)loading docks (vs. # of trucks)
# of FTE’s at the reception & administration

If you process 50 trucks per day and have one person at reception, causing them to wait 5 minutes before being checked in, you can save 4 hours and 16 minutes every day by automating check-in.

The reported benefits

Money saving: reducing waiting and demurrage fees

Of course, everyone loves seeing the cold, hard facts of reduced costs. This is the easiest to check when it comes to fees. Peripass helps our customers create a better flow, provides them with better data, and eliminates human error.

The most used money-saving features are the Dispatch Dashboard, the Yard Operator App, and the Software and hardware integrations.

ArcelorMittal improved turnover time per truck by 45% with Peripass. This went hand in hand with their steep reduction in waiting fees. A tool like Peripass gives you a detailed overview of the actual waiting time per driver.

Alpro-Danone no longer pays false damage claims since it can prove through Peripass that all trucks leave the premises in perfect condition with all necessary seals. Guards add pictures of the seals to the Mobile App, which is linked to each transport in Peripass.

One of our clients, Vanheede, faced issues with inaccurate weighting bridge data due to human interference. With Peripass, they have completely eliminated that issue and reduced that hidden cost to €0.

All our customers report significant time savings in checking in and checking out truck drivers. The reduced time spent on individual trucks means that companies can schedule more daily shipments.

When shunter drivers do not have to return to the office or shout through a walkie-talkie to get their next assignment, this saves minutes per to-do. If a shunter driver has an average of 30 assignments daily, they can save anything from an hour to two hours every day! This means that this driver can actually move a lot more trailers.

When using Peripass, your guards don’t need to enter weighing data manually. Pen and paper are a thing of the past. By automating the weighing process, turnaround times decrease drastically. Traffic congestion at the weighing bridges is eliminated. This quicker turnaround at the entrance and exit ensures less traffic congestion.

Saving time and improving efficiency

Time is money, so Peripass helps you save both. All customers report significant time savings from the first to the last step in the logistic process. Whether it is a quicker check-in process, less wasted time on multilingual communication or filling in paperwork, these sneaky savings support a more efficient yard.

The Self-Service Access, the Yard Operator App, and thethe Software and hardware integrations. are most frequently used to save time.

"We reduced demurrage fees by 80% with Peripass."

- ArcelorMittal, Hamburg -

Reducing FTEs needed

Saving on FTEs or reassigning them to a station where their time and efforts can be better spent is a great way to experience the value of Peripass. Think less security guards simply doing rounds because it is hard to keep track of drivers, for example. Their time is better spent on actually guarding the perimeter of your yard.

The most used FTE-saving features are the Self-Service Access, the Dispatcher Dashboard, and the Business Rules Engine.

Refresco Calvörde automated their entry gate, saving on 9 FTE’s. Three shifts with each three guards for 24/7 security.

Due to their highly demanding job, reception staff tend to be overwhelmed and experience high degrees of burnout. Peripass allows for digital and self-check-ins, so reception only deals with special or assigned cases. Their expertise gets utilised to the max, and the company needs to spend less on sick leave and retraining staff.

ArcelorMittal no longer needs a separate employee to walk around on-site to find truck drivers when it is their time to load or unload. Because of the Peripass digital communication system, they saved on this FTE.

Bridgestone stopped working with a specific carrier partner for a year because they proved this shipper delivered a disproportionate number of dirty trailers. The Yard Operator App and the pictures immediately added to the partner’s profile gave them the proof to make changes.

Etex had an unsafe situation involving trucks queueing in the street in a residential area and illegally parking on the side of the road when the parking lot was full. With Peripass, they completely solved the problem.

Last but certainly not least: increased safety. One of the most cited advantages of Peripass. It allows staff to know exactly which trucks and drivers are in the yard and at what step of the process they are. No more losing track of drivers who are barbecuing in a quiet corner of your parking lot.

Other savings

Many savings are specific to our customers’ industry, product, and location. These are not always easy to predict but have a big impact on our clients’ operations.

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