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FourKites Dynamic Yard
Chicago, Illinois, United States
What it is
FourKites Dynamic Yard is a yard management system for enterprises coordinating freight and facility operations. It combines real-time yard information with in-transit visibility and analytics, creating digital records that reflect current yard conditions. Teams can track trailer position, dwell, contents, seal status, reefer temperature, and SKU-level details using GPS, RFID, and mobile devices. Tools cover yard inventory, gate operations, dock management, and spotter dispatch; automation can handle spotter tasks, door scheduling, and recording yard events. The system tracks trailer ETAs and time on site to help teams reprioritize crews and address detention costs. Facility managers can use custom KPIs and reports to examine team performance and bottlenecks. FourKites describes three product levels for different yard sizes and use across an organization's facilities. Deployments can be software-only or use varying amounts of hardware. The service is available on Android, iOS, and the web, with integrations for ERP/TMS, WMS, ELD, GPS, and telematics systems. Pricing is on request.
For and against
For
- Tracks trailer positions and details in real time
- Supports inventory, gate, dock, and spotter workflows
- Automates spotter tasks and door scheduling
- Offers custom KPIs and reporting
- Available on Android, iOS, and web
Against
- Pricing is available on request
- Full IoT deployment takes 8–12 weeks, depending on site
The verdict
Dynamic Yard combines trailer visibility with yard workflows and facility reporting. Buyers should review deployment needs and request pricing for their facilities.
Who it suits
It suits organizations managing freight across one or more yards that need visibility into trailers, gate activity, docks, and spotter tasks. Its different product levels and deployment options may fit varied yard sizes and hardware needs.
On the record
- Additional integrations
- FourKites says Dynamic Yard has standard integrations for virtually any system and can extend them to meet system requirements.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- AI data handling
- FourKites says customer data is not stored by or used to train AI model providers.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Arrival visibility
- The system tracks trailer ETAs and time on site to help teams reprioritize crews and reduce detention costs.fourkites.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Dynamic Yard can automate spotter tasks and real-time door scheduling, and capture yard events such as check-in, check-out, trailer moves, and dock arrivals and departures.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Company
- FourKites says Matt Elenjickal founded the company in 2014 and identifies Chicago, Illinois as its headquarters.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- FourKites offers software-only deployments and allows customers to vary the amount of hardware used.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment time
- FourKites states that average deployment takes eight weeks, software-only deployment can take four weeks, and a full IoT deployment takes 8–12 weeks depending on site size and complexity.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Digital yard records
- Dynamic Yard creates a digital source of truth that updates to reflect real-time yard conditions.fourkites.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- FourKites says Dynamic Yard is hardware-agnostic and can integrate with ERP/TMS, WMS, ELD, GPS, and telematics systems.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Location technology
- Dynamic Yard uses passive RFID tags, RFID readers, cellular routers, and Android or iOS devices for trailer positioning, move tasking, gate mobility, product protection, and automatic gate arrivals and departures.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Mobile devices
- Dynamic Yard uses Android and iOS devices as part of its yard-positioning, tasking, and gate-mobility capabilities.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Dynamic Yard is a yard management system that combines real-time in-yard freight data with in-transit visibility and analytics to help enterprises manage facility operations.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Product purpose
- Dynamic Yard is a yard management system that uses real-time in-yard freight data and analytics to help enterprises manage facilities and reduce detention and demurrage costs.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Facility managers can use custom KPIs and reporting to analyze team performance and identify bottlenecks.fourkites.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Scalability
- FourKites describes three product levels designed to support different yard sizes and says the platform can be used across an organization's facilities.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- FourKites says customer data is logically segregated, data at rest is encrypted with AES-256, and data in transit uses TLS 1.2 or higher.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Customers, carriers, and brokers can submit and track support cases through the FourKites platform Help Center.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
- System integrations
- Dynamic Yard has standard integrations designed to work with virtually any system, and FourKites says it can extend them to meet system requirements.fourkites.ai · read 7 Oct 2026
