Yard Marshal New Hire Exam Questions And Answers All Correct

Yard Marshal New Hire Exam Questions And Answers All Correct What is the purpose of the Yard Flow Board (YFB)? - ANS The YFB is a tool to plan for all inbound and outbound loads. What are the two worst case scenarios that the YFB helps you avoid? - ANS BOTH: Gridlock - this can happen when the yard is too full of trailers and will cause the sortation operation to shut down due to lack of packages to process AND Too few empty trailers to load - if you don't have an empty to load, you can miss the deadline to depart any outbound (OB) trailers. What are the three sources of information used to pull details about each load for the YFB? - ANS IB Dock Manager, FMC and SCC What is a "Bobtail"? - ANS When a tractor arrives or departs with no trailer attached. Why is it important to prevent bobtail a from happening? - ANS Empty trailers will take up the yard space needed for new trailers AND A new case will need to submitted to have a new bobtail come and grab the trailer. What is a "CPT"? - ANS Critical Pull Time What is it important to know the planned contents of a trailer? - ANS So that you can plan how long it will take to unload. What is the purpose of the Yard Audit? - ANS To keep yard clean virtually and allow site to know their physical yard without having to go outside. On what app is the Yard Audit performed? - ANS Valet True or False: You have to visually confirm every trailer or vehicle in the yard. - ANS True If an asset is virtually in valet but you do not see it in the location where valet says it is, what do you click? - ANS "Asset Not Found" How do you know you are done with the audit (all the locations have been audited)? - ANS Green check marks will appear on the left side of the yard locations and "In-yard locations" How often must you perform a Yard Audit? - ANS Three times per shift