Industry leaders to discuss how enterprise shippers are transforming yard operations into a competitive advantage

YMX Logistics has announced an educational webinar on May 21, 2025, at 12:00 PM PDT. The webinar will feature a panel of industry leaders discussing how forward-thinking organizations are turning their yard operations into a source of competitive advantage. Register for the webinar.

“For years, enterprise shippers have accepted mediocrity in yard operations as the norm—outsourcing spotting and shuttling services with limited oversight and little expectation of performance excellence,” says Matt Yearling, CEO of YMX Logistics. “The result has been chronic inefficiencies: inconsistent execution, underutilized assets, unresolved safety incidents, rising costs, and a pervasive lack of accountability.”

As part of the industry panel, YMX will bring together some of the brightest minds in logistics to address how enterprise yard operations can, and should, be elevated into a strategic function that drives real business value.

Hosted by renowned industry analyst Bart De Muynck, the panel will include:

• Chris Sultemeier, Former EVP of Logistics, Walmart
• Matt Yearling, CEO, YMX Logistics

The discussion will focus on the pitfalls of legacy outsourcing models and isolated technology deployments and offer a practical framework for aligning people, processes, technology, and equipment at scale through yard operating systems.

Key discussion points will include:

• How yard operations directly impact cost, throughput, OTIF, and network efficiency
• Why legacy approaches and standalone technologies are no longer sufficient
• What it takes to implement a truly enterprise-wide yard strategy
• How to adopt yard operating systems to standardize and optimize at scale

“Technology by itself isn’t the answer—true transformation comes from orchestrating all the moving parts across the yard with precision and intent,” says industry analyst Bart De Muynck. “It’s time for enterprise shippers to stop accepting poor performance and start treating the yard as a strategic lever for cost control, service improvement, and network agility.”