YARD INNOVATION DAY

Yard Innovation Day 2026: Shaping the Future of Yard Logistics

Insights, practical use cases, and perspectives for the yard of tomorrow 

How is yard management evolving in response to increasing demands, growing complexity, and new technological opportunities?

Yard Innovation Day 2026 in Cologne brought together experts from industry, logistics, technology, and research to explore exactly this question and share practical perspectives on the future of yard operations.

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 What Made This Day Special

Open Discussions

Honest perspectives from industry, logistics, technology, and research on the challenges and opportunities of modern yard management. 

Real-World Experience

Practical insights, real challenges, and proven approaches directly from industrial operations.

People & AI

New perspectives on collaboration, data quality, and decision-making in increasingly digital logistics environments. 

Peer-to-Peer Exchange

Meaningful conversations between shippers, logistics providers, technology experts, and researchers.

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The Topics That Shaped Yard Innovation Day 2026

Inbound Logistics

Data Quality & Transparency

Human-AI Collaboration

Future Yard Operations

Supply Chain Collaboration

Real-World Industrial Operations

Expert Insights

Impressions of the Yard Innovation Day

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The Voices Behind Yard Innovation Day

Grunwald

Thomas Grunwald

BASF Ludwigshafen

Vertical Integration and AI in Suppy Chain Operations

Kubenz

Konstantin Kubenz

Kube & Kubenz

Balancing Time Pressure and Reality: Operational Challenges Across the Supply Chain 

Thonemann

Prof. Ulrich Thonemann

Uni Köln

Human-AI Collaboration

Maier

Hans Maier-Dech

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On the Road to the Autonomous Yard of the Future:
Innovate. Collaborate. Deliver. 

Kaeber

André Kaeber

ANDKaeber

Moderator 

Weber

Clemens Weber

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From Data to Decisions: Enabling Predictive Yard Management for Inbound Logistics 

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