Yard Spot - Powered by Splice

Yard Spot is the breakthrough yard management system application built on the foundation of Splice. Yard Spot exemplifies the potential of Splice to simplify and digitize logistics operations, and it is the first product built on our solutions platform and marketed as a distinct application. We want to share some insights into Yard Spot and how it drives our vision for Splice (not Splyc—see the postscript).

What is Yard Spot?

Yard Spot uses Splice’s unique ability to layer multiple types and sources of data into a common operating picture to optimize how container yards are managed.

Yard Spot combines:

● Location data from equipment GPS and truck ELD systems

● Operational data from terminal management systems and port APIs

● Real-time data from fixed and mobile cameras

Yard Spot displays all this information on a map in an easy to navigate and mobile-ready application.

Market Driven

During a pilot with a trucking and warehousing provider, we created Yard Spot. Their homegrown yard management system was not keeping up with the speed of business, and their inability to keep track of equipment in real-time was frustrating truckers. In the tight trucking market, quick turn-times improves a yard’s reputation and truckers’ willingness to make your operation their first call. We saw these issues and created a solution for them with Yard Spot.

From there we expanded Yard Spot by working with SiteTrax.io on the pilot. SiteTrax is a mobile phone application that uses optical character reading (OCR) to identify container numbers. The app speeds up yard checks, allowing continuous movement through the yard in a vehicle rather than the stop-and-check approach, often with a clipboard. Splice pulls the container number, location and time stamp from SiteTrax, offering a source of real-time data.

Vision for Splice

In developing Yard Spot, we turned Splice on its head. The typical use case for Splice connects applications across logistics supply chains, horizontally from partner to partner to mirror cargo flows. With Yard Spot, we designed a vertical stack of applications and technologies that solve a specific problem, in this case yard visibility to improve truck utilization, turn-times and costs.

The vertical flip demonstrates how Splice can be the backbone to point solutions, and in solving these problems, we build a library of integrations to help tackle the next challenge. Look for more “Powered by Splice” solutions coming soon—or reach out if a problem has you stumped. We would be glad to help.

P.S. You may have noticed that we changed our name to Splice. Formerly Splyc, we thought the revised spelling better explains our brand. Like separate pieces of rope, we splice disconnected data and applications, weaving them together to strengthen their collective ability. Now find us at www.splice-it.com.