Discover how Glympse empowers steel mills and other heavy industry yards to boost safety, reduce driver dwell times, and streamline operations with real-time navigation and visibility.
Since 2008, Glympse, the pioneer in location-sharing technology, has been providing innovative solutions that predictively visualize and provide notifications and updates about where people, products, and assets are located while in motion.
In response to safety and navigation challenges within heavy industrial environments, Glympse developed a unique solution, one that provides onsite drivers and visitors with web-based turn-by-turn directions, reducing accident frequencies and supporting timely hazard response by keeping yard operators, facility safety and security aware of all onsite activity.
Challenge | Navigating Complex Industrial Yards Safely and Efficiently
Massive Heavy industry yards, at steel, aluminum, and mining facilities, are extensive and often challenging to navigate. These yards are frequently on private, unpaved roads with limited visibility, unguarded railroad crossings and unclear directions. New drivers typically receive a paper map and verbal instructions, which can be hard to follow due to visibility issues, language barriers, and the movement of markers within the yard.
Lost drivers can create traffic bottlenecks and delays. These all greatly affect dwell time, the amount of time a truck spends at the facility. Excessive dwell time has a tremendous impact on the bottom line of so many in the supply chain; wasted time for drivers, lost profits, accidents, angry customers and more.
Most importantly though, these challenges can trigger accidents onsite, resulting in serious injuries or even death. According to the World Steel Organization, those with the responsibility to keep steelworkers safe from harm can and should undertake safety measures that include ensuring all traffic on site is operated safely, including road, rail and pedestrians and remove all unnecessary traffic.
Solution | Turn-by-Turn Navigation Unique and Specific to The Visiting Driver
Members of the steel industry reported these challenges to Glympse, inquiring if there was a web-based solution for commercial truck drivers at their facility, with the potential to migrate to a mobile app in the future, that would provide turn by turn directions – both audibly and visually and in the language of the driver – as they navigate inbound and outbound truck shipments. This solution needed to integrate with existing software and ecosystems, as well as the ability to integrate with third party software vendors.
An agile partner who truly knows and understands the time-critical logistics space, Glympse utilized their geo-location platform to develop just that solution; one that allows customers to provide their inbound/outbound drivers and visitors with turn-by-turn directions specific to them and in the language their browser is set to. Through SMS text notifications, the driver clicks on the link they receive via email when they arrive on-site, and they are delivered browser-based, turn-by-turn directions on where to go onsite. Even more, the solution provides a back-office, intuitive dashboard offering helpful data and analytics like, arrival and departure time, how long drivers spent in each yard or zone, time on site, dwell times, loading team metrics, speed of vehicles, driver feedback and more.
Results | Enhanced Safety, Reduced Delays, and Improved Efficiency
Glympse technology and solutions improve operations, increase productivity and visibility onsite, and leads to a better experience for drivers, loaders, and others. Most importantly, it enhances site safety.
Glympse technology and solutions improve operations, increase productivity and visibility onsite, and leads to a better experience for drivers, loaders, and others. Most importantly, it helps with safety.
The Glympse solution has significantly reduced accident frequencies and improved efficiency in complex yard environments. Operators report fewer navigation-related accidents, and drivers are better able to reach their destinations quickly and safely. Real-time location data enables yard operators to plan resources and scheduling more effectively, minimizing dwell times and ensuring timely pickups and drop-offs.
This solution has also increases yard processing efficiency – reducing dwell times and enhanced customer satisfaction due to more reliable delivery schedules. “We’re seeing safety benefits and unexpected gains in efficiency,” says Cami Zimmer, Glympse’s Chief Business Officer.
