Lazer Spot acquisition: Electric spotter trucks ‘perfect application’ of EVs

Lazer Spot acquired Firefly Transportation services, expanding its electric spotter truck fleet.

While long-haul vehicle electrification continues to face infrastructure and battery technology challenges, adopting electric yard vehicles is much simpler.

Alpharetta, Georgia-based yard management services provider Lazer Spot is dipping its toes deeper into the pool of vehicle electrification with the acquisition of Firefly Transportation Services, an electric spotter truck provider.

“We’re excited that, with Lazer’s size and scale, they can take what our thoughts were for fleet electrification...

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Survey highlights need for better yard management systems

Yard management represents a costly blind spot for many shippers and their supply chain partners, according to a survey released by FourKites.

“The State of Yard Management: Industry Report 2021” includes responses from 375 supply chain professionals across the consumer packaged goods (CPG), food and beverage, retail, and manufacturing industries about their unique pain points and how they manage their yards.

While nine in 10 respondents (92%) believe a yard management system (YMS) could add...

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FourKites officially releases Dynamic Yard solution

Fourkites dynamic yard management

When FourKites acquired TrackX earlier this year, it announced a new product for yard management. That product, Dynamic Yard, is now available for companies that want to proactively manage all aspects of their supply chain, including facility movements.

Dynamic Yard is the combination of TrackX’s yard management solution with FourKites’ technologies, including its real-time visibility platform. The end result is a solution that provides visibility from the yard to the end customer, the company...

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