You Might Have a Bad Warehouse If... You're Knock Knock Knocking on Container's Door - Mar, 2010
DC Velocity - By Kate Vitasek
"...The good news?  Kraft has since adopted PINC Solutions’ Yard Hound management system, which provides real-time visibility of all yard activities and eliminates the need for manual yard checks, all on a web-based platform.  You can read about their efforts by download this PowerPoint presentation...."
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Executive Briefings - Mar, 2010
SupplyChainBrain Magazine
"Manual yard operations continue to be the norm for many companies, but they are clearly losing out on substantial savings, says Aleks Gollu, CEO of PINC Solutions. Moreover, effective yard management benefits the entire supply chain."
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The Supply Chain needs Effective Yard Management - Mar, 2010
Video Interview with Aleks Gollu, PINC Solutions' CEO
SupplyChainBrain.com - By Russell Goodman

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Exel - Improved efficiencies with EPC Gen2 - Feb, 2010
GS1 Transportation and Logistics
"...The system has doubled gate throughput, and has significantly increased yard visibility. It has also eliminated manual yard checks and most documentation, while providing improved operational control
and tracking of assets. This in turn has led to improved productivity and has assisted in the complete prevention of penalties associated with yard delays and loss of transportation asset visibility...."
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Kraft Foods Takes a Fresh Look at Transportation and Yard Management - Dec, 2009
SupplyChainBrain Magazine
"...A decision was reached early on by the evaluation committee to focus on yard management system vendors that could provide complete/turnkey solutions which included a real-time locating system (RTLS). PINC Solutions’ yard management product, Yard Hound, was chosen for a number of reasons..."
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AWARD - FL100 FOOD LOGISTICS Magazine - Dec, 2009
Food Logistics Magazine by Katherine Dohrety
“The FL100 listing provides a guide for decision-making grocery and foodservice distribution and manufacturing executives,” explains Katherine Doherty, editor-in-chief of Food Logistics magazine. “These companies rely on technology to better manage their supply chains and help weather the financial storm. The FL100 recipients have demonstrated that they can meet our readers’ specific needs.”
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CVCR Fall Symposium - Nov, 2009
Session:  Leveraging Scale & Creating Sustainable Advantage
Mike Cole, Director, North America Transportation, Kraft, Inc. 

"Kraft Foods, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, continues to make investments in supply chain process efficiency as well as supporting technology. Hear what Kraft has done through enhanced collaboration and innovation in targeted supply chain processes to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. "

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CSCMP Global Annual Conference - Sep, 2009
Session: Mining Productivity in Transportation Through Collaborative Technology
Mike Cole, Director, North America Transportation, Kraft, Inc. 
Kelly Rae, Asssociate Director, Route to Market, Kraft, Inc.

"Kraft Foods improved transportation operations through collaboration with its supply chain partners. By working with its information technology (IT) solution partners, the company effectively leveraged innovative real-time visibility technology and web-based software applications to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, and enhance service to customers and vendors."
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Planning and Maintaining Your Dream Yard - Aug, 2009
Inbound Logistics Magazine - By Cindy Dubin
"Visibility is the starting point, and logistics managers value it a great deal. No company suffers from knowing more about their shipments", notes Michelle Kiang, founder and vice president of marketing for PINC Solutions, Berkeley, Calif., a yard visibility and management solutions provider."
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Yard Management: It's About Time - July, 2009
Food Logistics Magazine - By April Terreri
"The real value of Yard Hound for Kraft is its ability to increase spotting moves per hour while reducing the amount of jockey tractor equipment, says Rae. “With this new visibility, we can now hone in and understand the peaks and valleys in the yard activities so we can adjust our spotting hours accordingly.” The company was also able to eliminate using overflow lots, due to the efficient management of its yards. "
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RFID Hits Home - June, 2009
Purchasing.com - By Mary Walker
"John D. Schulz wrote a great article on their operation. Scott Buss and Todd Armstrong with Kimberly-Clark Corporation applied modern technology and problem solving to one of the oldest problems in the book. K-C has reduced trailer retention, cut-back significantly on third-party jockey services, practically eliminated the need for trailer rentals, and turned simple data collection into an operational tool. "
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Real-Time Locationing Systems Basics - June, 2009
Modern Materials Handling - By Sara Pearson Specter, Editor at Large
"The right RTLS for a given operation often comes down to return on investment, adds Michelle Kiang, founder and vice president of marketing at PINC Solutions (510-845-4900, www.pincsolutions.com). "Think hard about your requirements in terms of operations and processes," she says. "Are you willing to make changes to your infrastructure, or would you prefer an approach that's compatible with your current process to maximize cost effectiveness and get a faster ROI?"
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Automatic Reefer Monitoring - May, 2009
Fleet Owner Magazine
"A new reporting system allows the constant monitoring of refrigerated trailers inside a fleet’s yard without performing manual checks."
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PINC Solutions Enhances Yard Hound App for Cold-Chain Management - May, 2009
SupplyChainBrain.com
"Yard Hound Reefer enables the automated, remote monitoring of current temperatures inside refrigerated trailers, as well as their fuel levels. The technology eliminates the need for manual checks by yard personnel..."
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PINC Solutions Unveils Cold Chain Tracking Solution - May, 2009
RFID Journal
"PINC Solutions a provider of yard-management solutions leveraging real-time location system (RTLS) technologies, has announced a new application for cold chain tracking and management. The Yard Hound Reefer system enables the automated, remote monitoring of temperatures within refrigerated trailers, as well as their fuel levels."
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RFID Journal Live Conference - April, 2009
Keynote Session: Positioning Your Company for Success in Tough Economic Times
Speaker: Jerry McNerney, VP of Strategy and Business Development, Motorola

In a difficult economy, businesses that make the right strategic investments will be those best positioned to gain market share, thus differentiating and distancing them from their competitors. Jerry McNerney, VP of strategy and business development for Motorola's Enterprise Mobility division, will discuss the value of radio frequency identification as a strategic investment for an enterprise. Mr. McNerney will also present a framework for successfully implementing RFID solutions, revealing new, real-world use cases in which RFID is generating a return on investment in less than 12 months.

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See why Kimberly-Clark thinks PINC - April, 2009
RFID Switchboard - By Andy Kowl
"Kimberly Clark has been a leading user and advocate of RFID technology since it became “the next big thing.” Adding to their well-known usage as an early Walmart RFID partners, they have expanded their usage of the technology by using Yard Hound from PINC Solutions of Berkeley, Calif. "
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GMA Information System / Logistics Distribution Conference - April, 2009
Session: Visibility Through Technology in Transportation Management
Mike Cole, Director, North America Transportation, Kraft, Inc. 

Managing transportation costs is quickly becoming a top concern for CPG manufacturers and customers alike. Mike Cole, Director North America Transportation Kraft, Inc. will discuss how Project MOST- Management of Organized Sustainable Trucks and Yard Management Systems have created a greater visibility of transportation management. Through cooperative routing systems, Kraft has been able to improve service metrics, promote their sustainability initiative, find new areas for collaboration, and most-importantly reduce transportation costs.

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Yard Management is in the PINC - March, 2009
MMH.com - By Bob Trebilcock
"PINC combines passive RFID tags with GPS technology and sensors to track the location of trailers. Passive technology is used because it’s cheaper than active technology: If a trailer leaves the yard with the active tag still in place, you might be losing a $40 or $50 tag – or more. Because they don’t have a battery, passive tags are a fraction of that cost. What’s more active technology requires the installation of its own infrastructure and communication network; passive technology can work with an existing WiFi network. So, while an active tag is constantly broadcasting its location, a passive tag in the PINC solution is little more than an identifier waiting to be read."
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Technology Review - Hide and Seek - February, 2009
DC Velocity - By Suzan K. Lacefield
"Until 2006, Kraft's trailer tracking activities looked more like a game of hide and seek than an orderly yard management process. Some low-cost RFID tags, software, and a GPS changed all that."

"Perhaps most important of all, the PINC solution is helping Kraft better understand its own operations. "

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Newsworthy - Nothing to sneeze at - November, 2008
DC Velocity
"Kimberly-Clark received an Award for Excellence in RFID Pilots at the RFID World Conference. Kimberly-Clark teamed up with Pinc Solutions and Motorola to pilot an RTLS-enabled trailer yard management system."
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RFID-Based Solution Enhances Yard Management: Specialty Retailer selects RTLS solutions to monitor and track its trailer fleet - November, 2008
WERC Sheet
"Since installing the system, CPWM has benefited in several ways. "We've managed to reduce the number of yard tractors and drivers operations during certain times of the week or month because we now have better data on the utilization rates of our yard equipment."
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RFID Inventory Track and Yard Management - November, 2008
Engineering TV
"Powered by PINC Solutions’ RTLS technology, YARD HOUND provides live data for all yard truck activities automatically and cost-effectively. Information such as trailer parking slots, yard truck positions, gate activities, and temperature of refrigerated trailers are collected and presented through an easy-to-use web-based application, continuously and in real-time. "

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CSCMP Global Annual Conference - October, 2008
Session: Visibility Through Technology: How Kraft is Driving Change In their Transportation Management
Kelly Rae, Associate Director, Route to Market, Kraft,Inc.