Dr. Aleks Gollu, PINC Solutions' CTO and founder presented at the 2011 Supply Chain and Logistics Summit in December, a session titled "Increase profitability and productivity with true real-time supply chain visibility and collaboration". Dr. Gollu spoke to a packed conference room about a new and exciting concept that is revolutionizing how global companies are managing trailers and shipments across the supply chain today. This new practice of advanced yard management is enabling better collaboration and synchronization opportunities between trading partners.

Below are some of the key points of his presentation:
> The 72 hours shipment challenge -- 80% of trailer shipment time is spent idling in the yards
> How the lack of visibility in the yards impacts the whole supply chain, inventory levels, and order fulfillment cycles
> What industry leading companies are doing to solve this challenge
> How technology is enabling global companies to gain real-time visibility to their trailers and shipments across the supply chain, increase trailer utilization, and reduce labor and fuel costs