Ryder

Miami, FL

NYSE: R (Ryder System, Inc.)

Gregory Swienton, Chairman & CEO

888-887-9337

3PL Turnover:

$2.6b Parent: $6.3b

Service Area:

Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager – Major Markets

3PL Assets:

 16,720 employees

184 warehouses

56,100 tractors, 38,900 trailers

Information Systems:

Very Good

TMS – i2 Technologies, Proprietary

WMS – V3, Manhattan PkMS, Proprietary

Services:

Supply chain consulting, transportation management, warehousing and distribution, dedicated contract carriage, air and ocean freight forwarding, equipment leasing, returns management, freight payment and auditing, insurance

Industry Focus:

Automotive, building materials, computers and electronics, consumer goods, food and beverage, industrial, retail, utilities

Key Customers:

Applied Materials, Carrier Corp., Coca-Cola, CVS, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, John Deere, Lucent Technologies, Nestlé, USPS, Whirlpool, Xerox

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

Ryder, one of the most recognizable 3PL brand names, is a big-5 automotive logistics 3PL. It has a new, state-of-the-art logistics optimization center near Lansing, Michigan to serve General Motors’ new style plants. Ryder is a lead logistics provider for most General Motor plants and services DaimlerChrysler, Saturn, Toyota and Honda plus a multitude of tier-one suppliers. Ryder runs top notch inbound supply chain management, sequencing centers, just-in-time and dedicated contract carriage. Non-automotive, outbound operations are through the Dallas–Ft. Worth TMC. Vicki O’Meara, president of SCS, will push this expansion and margin improvement. These operations grew significantly in 2006, contributing to Ryder SCS’s 16.4% net revenue growth. In March, Ryder added industry veteran Rosario Rizzo to run and reinvigorate its DCC operation.