Yard management for retail distribution centers.
A retail DC lives on dock-door throughput. Vantage assigns the door at check-in, shows every trailer's last logged spot on one screen, and shows which trailers are next for each door — so the dock never waits on the yard. On a phone, no hardware, from $149/mo.
Retail distribution is a throughput game. When a trailer is on the whiteboard as B12 but actually sitting in D-yard, a spotter walks, the dock stands idle, and the whole schedule slips. Multiply that across a peak-season day and the cost is real — not in one big number, but in constant small stalls nobody measures.
What retail distribution centers yards actually need
- Live yard map — see every trailer's last logged spot on one screen, no walking
- Door assignment at check-in, not at the dock
- Door board shows which trailers are next for each door, so the dock stays fed
- Appointment scheduling for inbound vendors
- Dashboards for gate volume, dwell, and door utilization
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 it's designed to go live without an install project and you can add sites without a project plan.
Frequently asked
How does Vantage cut spotter search time?
The live yard map shows every trailer's last logged spot, so a spotter drives to the slot instead of hunting row by row while the dock waits.
Can it handle peak-season volume?
Yes. A gate check-in is a photo and one tap, your team books appointments to spread inbound across the day, and the door board shows which trailers are next for each door.
Does it need enterprise hardware to install?
No. It runs on smartphones — no RFID gates, no camera towers, no multi-week rollout. Designed so you can do your first scan the day you sign up.
See your yard's detention number first.
Free calculator, then a 14-day trial. No hardware, no sales call required.
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