Personnel reports let supervisors immediately see every movement completed by a particular operator, or summaries by labor classification. They can also see how effective they have been at keeping steady stream of assignments flowing to individuals or teams. The yard management system also tracks status for all equipment. Headload, deadline, and shop maintenance requirements are automatically tracked and confirmed. On-hand trailer inventory is constantly compared with anticipated equipment needs.
Supervisors can quickly locate individual trailers and see the movement history of the equipment.
Finally, yard management systems track the status and history of locations. Door status, staging area utilization, and available locations are all immediately updated. Supervisors needing to make location assignments can rely on information from the yard management system to be complete, accurate, and current. The logistics model of LTL carriers offers the greatest advantage and the fundamental vulnerability of the mode. City terminals, break bulk consolidation, and other cargo transfer techniques allow LTL carriers to sell economies of scale to shippers with small cargo consignments.