Freshness is Predictability
Every plant and DC on one protocol.
High-velocity beverage and food networks lose hours to detention and dwell variance. YardFlow makes every yard run the same, so a turn in Ontario looks like a turn in Allentown.
Drop & hook turn, halved
48 → 24 min
Primo Brands, live
On one protocol
24 sites
Live across the US
Modeled annual gain
$1M+/site
Off Primo's proven economics
Real networks, already mapped
We have audited food & beverage yards from orbit.
Every template on this page runs against a real audited footprint. Public satellite imagery, modeled geofences, a 22-field classification per site. Open any network to walk the map.
AuditedThe Coca-Cola CompanyBottling plants and DCs, drop-yard heavy30 of ~270 sites1,059 dock doorsWalk the mapped network
AuditedFrito-LayHigh-velocity snack DCs, peak-load sensitive28 of ~40 sites1,218 dock doorsWalk the mapped network
AuditedMondelez InternationalPlants and DCs feeding retail and foodservice17 of ~81 sites623 dock doorsWalk the mapped networkThe problem
The yard caps the plant
In food and beverage the yard is the cap on what the plant can ship.
- A truck stuck at the gate is a case that never left the dock
- Detention bleeds margin at every high-volume DC, dwell drifts plant to plant, and cold chain exceptions stay silent until the load is a write-off
- Unify the yards and the same plants and DCs move more product on the same headcount.
Root causes
Where the capacity leaks
The friction points between a truck at your gate and product out the door.
Leak 01
Detention at Volume
At a high-velocity DC, every minute of detention is multiplied by hundreds of loads a day.
Leak 02
Plant-to-DC Drift
Bottling plants and DCs each run the yard their own way, so there is no network baseline to improve against.
Leak 03
Silent Cold Chain Risk
Setpoint drift and dwell aging surface after the damage, not before.
Leak 04
Seasonal Surge
Peak demand swings dwell and detention with no system to absorb it.
The protocol
What to Standardize First
A turn should look the same at every site. Standardize the yards, then the network compounds.
Execution Standards
- Driver check-in and appointment verification at every gate.
- Dwell and detention clocks running on every load, every site.
- Digital BOL capture so the clipboard never enters the yard.
Data Standards
- Exception alerts for dwell aging and cold chain deviation.
- One network view of turn time across plants and DCs.
- Carrier identity checks for high-value freight.
Standards compound across the network / the second site is faster than the first
The system
The YardFlow Solution
Under all five: machine vision reads the truck at the gate (flowGATE), a live twin maps the yard (flowTWIN), and an agent dispatches the next move (flowAI).
Role 01flowDRIVER
The driver checks in from the cab.
No app to download, no guard shack, no clipboard. The driver pulls up, checks in from their phone, and gets routed straight to the door.
Trucks get in without waiting in line.
- Phone or kiosk check-in, nothing to download
- The gate reads the truck and chassis on arrival
- Routed to the assigned door in one message
- SCANPlate ABC-1182
- VERIFIEDChassis 53291
- ROUTEDDoor D7
no app · no guard · 0:42 at gate
Role 02flowTWIN
The spotter moves the trailer. The yard maps itself.
A cab camera builds a live map of the whole yard from the moves the spotter already makes. No beacons, no new hardware, no manual counts.
The yard always knows where every trailer is.
- A live yard map built passively from real moves
- Every trailer located without a walk of the lot
- No beacons and no new hardware to install
Role 03flowYMS
Every dock's live state on one screen.
The coordinator assigns the right door and watches every dock at once. The door is staged before the truck parks.
The dock is ready before the truck parks.
- Every door's live state on one screen
- The right door assigned the moment a truck checks in
- Exceptions surface first, before they breach
D1
loading
D2
staged
D3
open
D4
loading
D5
breach
D6
staged
1 breach risk surfaced first
Role 04flowBOL
The paperwork signs itself.
The BOL is captured and signed in the same flow, timestamped, with a chain of custody that holds up. Paperless from the gate to the dock.
Signed, timestamped, and it holds up.
- BOL captured and signed inside the driver flow
- A timestamped chain of custody, fully paperless
- Every move tied to who, what, and when
- Gate in08:14:22
- Door D708:31:05
- BOL stamped09:02:47
paperless · timestamped · holds up
Proof
Proof, Not Promises
Primo Brands runs 24 facilities live on YardFlow, plants and DCs on one protocol.
We are not asking for a pilot. We are asking for a conversation.
A 30-minute call, direct with Casey. We map your food & beverage yards to the archetypes behind these numbers, then the path is audit, one pilot site, network rollout. If it fits, we talk pilot. If not, you keep the model.
None of these times work? Email me at casey@freightroll.com or call or text me at 410-236-7434, and we’ll find one.
Casey Larkin, YardFlow. Jake, our founder, joins when it helps.