YMX yard technology helps retailer trace $60,000 in missing freight

YMX Logistics is leveraging computer vision and yard-management data to assist in the investigation of missing freight, as demonstrated by a case involving $60,000 worth of cheese shipments. In the incident, five loads of cheese, shipped from a Minnesota supplier, arrived at a retailer's facility with fewer pallets than ordered.

The retailer's investigators identified the supplier and shipping routes but lacked information about the carriers or drivers involved. YMX's solution involved searching the yard-management system, identifying carriers that traversed the lanes, and retrieving gate video footage from the relevant dates. This footage enabled investigators to link the five loads to a specific truck and driver, supporting the retailer's claim to recover the missing product.

The exact party against whom the claim was filed and its outcome remain undisclosed. The retailer, one of the top five grocers in the U.S. with annual sales exceeding $145 billion in 2025, is piloting YMX's yard operating system at distribution facilities, including the Arizona facility involved in the case. The system utilizes cameras at the facility's gate to capture information such as license plates, trailer numbers, and carrier details, creating a digital record of truck movements that investigators can analyze after a shipment issue is identified.

While cargo theft remains a significant supply-chain security concern, recent data indicates a decline in theft incidents, although losses have more than doubled to $304.6 million. Food and beverage freight, including cheese, has been particularly affected, with a 47% increase in theft incidents in 2025. YMX's system integrates gate footage with other yard data, including cameras on trucks tracking trailer movements throughout the facility.

This comprehensive approach automates the extraction of information from gate footage and integrates it into the yard-management platform, enabling the identification of carriers and the reconstruction of trailer movements within the yard. The technology also identifies carriers even if their logos are not clearly visible in the footage.

Freight companies are increasingly utilizing computer vision and automated monitoring to combat cargo theft by providing shippers with greater visibility into truck and trailer movements inside distribution yards.