Supply chains have a $50 billion leak, and it's happening in plain sight.
While companies throw 80% of their tech budgets at fancy transportation and warehouse systems, they're ignoring the yards that connect them.
"From my conversations with customers, it's clear that the yard is akin to a black hole of profitability for many companies, where precious dollars are wasted on delays, penalties, lost inventory, and more,"
says Matt Elenjickal, Founder and CEO of FourKites.
The math is brutal. Detention fees alone cost $50-250 per trailer per day. Gate staffing runs $70,000 – $150,000+ annually per facility. Check-in processes that stretch past 10 minutes create delays that ripple through entire networks. Companies are hemorrhaging cash on entirely preventable costs.
With supply chains already squeezed by volatile costs, ping-ponging tariffs, and wobbly consumer demand, this overlooked bottleneck between sophisticated systems has become impossible to ignore. The yards may look like simple parking lots, but they're where supply chains live or die.
Tariffs continue to dominate the news cycle as companies grapple with the unpredictability of negotiations. As Shana Wray tells 
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