Supply Chain Software
YardManager — Mill Yard & Stockyard Management System
YardManager gives recycled paper and pulp mills a live, map-based view of their entire stockyard. Every forklift lift and drop is recorded with weight and GNSS position, turning your mill yard into a real-time digital twin — no manual inventories, no guesswork about what's in stock or where. Supervisors and forklift drivers work from the same up-to-the-minute picture of grade, quality, and location, keeping production fed with a consistent raw-material mix.
Position-based mill yard and warehouse management system for recycled paper mills or pulp mills
What YardManager Replaces
Problems in production
Manual tracking of raw material
Manual stockyard inventories
Reduce Production Problems
Experience real-time visibility into raw material feed during production, ensuring a consistent mix. This capability facilitates achieving a homogeneous blend and even allows predictive pulp quality assessment based on pulper input.
Real-Time Stock Data With Quality
Access up-to-the-minute information on grade, quality, volume, and bale location. Seamlessly integrate quality data from sample bales, regardless of the originating quality system.
Forklift Driver Tools for Production Orders
Forklift drivers maintain constant visibility of production orders and their fulfillment. The system dynamically displays map locations of appropriate bales for ongoing production orders to streamline operations.
Key Feature
Map-based view
to Mill Yard content
Experience enhanced mill yard and warehouse management with our innovative map-based application. Designed to cater to millyard supervisors, production planners, and more, our application provides a visual representation of your mill yard and warehouse content directly on a map interface.
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Traceability Down to Each Bale Transaction
- All events made by forklifts are recorded with weight and positioning data.
- Includes standard integration to various weighing devices.
- GNSS receiver gives positions of every lift and drop.
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Optimized Raw Material Mix of Bales or Loose Paper
- Desired mix for the conveyor can be shown as a production order to forklift drivers.
- Forklift drivers put bales with different grades or quality to conveyors according to production order.
- Feed to conveyors can be monitored in real-time from dashboards.
- Easier to achieve a homogeneous mix.
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No Manual Bookkeeping of Stocks
- All raw material movements in stockyard are based on forklift events.
- Stockyard is always up to date.
- Online stock analysis can be made by any data available from the bales — e.g. balance, location, grade, storage time, quality data.
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Possibility to Fine-tune the Production Process
- No more manual bookkeeping of consumption data.
- Predict pulp quality based on real-time feed-to-conveyor data.
- Ability to trace back quality issues.
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Ability to Follow Machine Work
- Forklift drivers unload bales to conveyors or the stockyard according to orders shown in the Vehicle Application.
- Work of forklifts can be followed from dashboards online.
- Reports are based on actual forklift events and can show any given time.
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Seamless Integration
- Integration with mill gate system, bale quality system, production system, ERP, AI, data analysis, etc.
Key Feature
Vehicle application
- Used in forklifts
- Displays incoming transport for unloading
- Displays production order
- Displays bales on the map with properties (quality, storage time, ...)
- Creates transaction messages based either on signals from hardware sensors or input by vehicle drivers
- Ability to add claims
Key Feature
Reports
- Storage Balance: Inventory levels for any point of time
- Deliveries: Incoming or internal raw material deliveries for a certain period
- Consumption: Material Put To Conveyors
- Machine work: Work done per vehicle
Key Feature
Dashboards
- Alerts
- Notifications
- Real-time feed of bales to conveyor(s)
- Claims
- Customized Meters
Key Feature
Integrations
Integrations with Mill Gate System, Bale Quality System, Production System, ERP, Data Analysis System, etc. also available.
YardManager FAQs
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What is a mill yard management system?
A mill yard management system is software that tracks raw material and inventory inside a mill's stockyard in real time, rather than through manual counts. YardManager does this for recycled paper and pulp mills using position-based tracking — every bale and movement is recorded with weight and location, so the stockyard picture is always current and stock analysis can be run on any data available from the bales, such as grade, quality, storage time, or location.
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How does position-based bale tracking work in YardManager?
Position-based tracking works by recording every forklift lift and drop with weight and GNSS positioning data. Each event updates the stockyard automatically, so there is no manual bookkeeping, and the system can show the exact map location of every bale — including its grade, quality, and storage time — to drivers, supervisors, and production planners.
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Which mills use YardManager?
YardManager is built for recycled paper mills and pulp mills that need accurate, real-time control of raw material in the stockyard. It is designed for roles including mill yard supervisors and production planners, and supports the forklift drivers who move bales and fulfil production orders on the yard floor.
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How does YardManager help production?
YardManager gives real-time visibility into the raw material feed during production, helping mills achieve a consistent, homogeneous mix. Forklift drivers see the required mix as a production order and load bales of the right grade and quality to the conveyors accordingly, feed to conveyors can be monitored live from dashboards, and pulp quality can be predicted from real-time feed data — with the ability to trace back quality issues when they occur.
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Does YardManager integrate with our existing mill systems?
Yes — YardManager integrates with the systems already running at the mill. These include the mill gate system, bale quality system, production system, ERP, and data-analysis systems, as well as standard integration to various weighing devices, so raw-material data flows between platforms without manual re-entry.
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What reports and dashboards does YardManager provide?
YardManager provides real-time dashboards and operational reports covering the full stockyard. Dashboards show alerts, notifications, live feed of bales to conveyors, claims, and customised meters, while reports cover storage balance (inventory at any point in time), incoming and internal deliveries, consumption (material put to conveyors), and machine work per vehicle.
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What is the YardManager ROI Calculator?
The YardManager ROI Calculator is a tool that helps mills estimate the return on investment from optimising their raw-material mix and stockyard operations. It lets you explore the potential efficiency and cost gains from position-based yard management before committing to a project.