Yard checks for container depots and M&R yards

Inventory drifts from the ground

Container depots and maintenance and repair (M&R) yards hold containers far longer than a warehouse holds stock. Over weeks and months, stacks get re-shuffled and boxes move between storage and repair, so the inventory drifts from what's on the ground.

Keeping it accurate, and getting that data into the YMS you run the facility from, is the job.

Container historyEvery read, newest first

CAAU 6123280

Oct 27, 6:10 AM Row C Yard truck 2
Oct 14, 6:31 AM Repair area Yard truck 1
Oct 6, 6:20 AM Row A Yard truck 1
Sep 29, 2:05 PM Gate 1, in Gate phone

Yard inventoryAs of the yard check, Oct 27, 6:12 AM

MSBU 3532289 Row A
TGHU 9000101 Row B
CAAU 6123280 Row C
MCDU 3092967 Row C
ACLU 9755521 Row C
ECMU 9662535 Repair area

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Illustration. Watchtower keeps every read of every container with the time, the place and the phone that read it, so you can follow one box from the gate to the repair area and back into the stacks. The yard inventory is as of the latest check, ready to export or report on whenever you need it.

How QBoss helps

Inventory that stays true Regular yard checks keep long-dwell inventory true.
Stacked, rusty, damaged Stacked and rough boxes get read anyway. See it in action.
The real number, from the box A number written down wrong makes a box "disappear" for weeks. QBoss reads the number off the box itself. Check a number yourself.
Pairs with your YMS Reads flow into your YMS through Watchtower.

See how long a yard check takes for your yard size. Open the yard check calculator

How the data reaches your system

Watchtower collects every read from every phone and hands it to your YMS: clean, time-stamped and located. Your YMS keeps running the facility.

See how Watchtower works

A mounted phone in the yard truckReads the container numbers it passes as the truck drives the rows, even without signal.
QBoss WatchtowerCollects every read with the time, the place and which phone. History, search, reports and exports.
Your YMSGets the reads through API integrations, and stays your system of record.