Yard management for building materials & lumber yards.
Building-materials yards move flatbeds and mixed freight through a busy gate with tight will-call windows. Vantage times every gate move, shows the yard live, and schedules inbound — on a phone, no hardware, from $149/mo.
A building-materials or lumber operation runs a busy yard with flatbeds, will-call pickups, and inbound deliveries all sharing the same gate. When nobody can say where a trailer is or when it arrived, drivers wait, the will-call line backs up, and carriers start pricing your yard as a slow one.
What building materials & lumber yards actually need
- Fast gate check-in for a mixed flatbed and van yard
- Live yard visibility so pickups are not a hunt
- Inbound scheduling to smooth delivery windows
- Gate timestamps for detention and driver wait
- Runs on any phone, no hardware to install
Transparent price, no hardware
Vantage publishes pricing — $149 Lite, $349 Pro (adds C-TPAT), $649 Scale — with a 14-day free trial and no setup fee. There's nothing to install, so you can be live in a day and add sites without a project plan.
Frequently asked
Does Vantage work for a flatbed and mixed-freight yard?
Yes. Gate check-in and trailer capture work for any equipment type, and the live yard map shows where everything is so will-call and inbound stop colliding.
Can we schedule inbound deliveries?
Carriers and vendors can self-book appointment windows, which spreads arrivals out and keeps the gate from bunching up at open.
Is there hardware to install in the yard?
No. Vantage runs on the phone your gate clerk already carries — no RFID, no kiosks, no sensors, live in a day from $149/month.
See your yard's detention number first.
Free calculator, then a 14-day trial. No hardware, no sales call required.
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