PYMNTS.com November 19, 2024

Distribution yards, the critical junctions between warehouse facilities and over-the-road (OTR) transportation, have long stood as bottlenecks in supply chain operations.

Each day, millions of trailers and containers pass through these yards — where trucks are loaded, unloaded, and dispatched — with inefficiencies that impact the entire logistics network. Historically, this labor-intensive work has relied on human drivers and manual labor, making it susceptible to inefficiencies and human error

“Think of anything you’re wearing, eating, or building with today. All of that got transferred through these distribution yards, and they’ve been operated much like they have been for several decades,” Andrew Smith, founder and CEO of Outrider, told PYMNTS.

One of the biggest pain points? The yard trucks themselves. Currently,...

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