Ryder
Miami, FL
NYSE:  R (Ryder System, Inc.)
Gregory Swienton, Chairman & CEO
888-887-9337
www.ryder.com

3PL Turnover:

$2.8b                                                                 Parent:  $6.6b

Service Area:

Tier 1 – Global Supply Chain Manager – Major Markets

3PL Assets:

17,482 employees
202 warehouses
51,703 tractors, 49,423 trailers

Information Systems:

Very Good
TMS – i2 Technologies, Proprietary
WMS – V3 Systems, 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/Key Customers:

Aerospace, automotive, computers and electronics, construction, consumer goods, food and beverage, industrial, retail, utilities
Key Customers:  Applied Materials, Carrier Corp., Coca-Cola, Composites One, CVS, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, John Deere, Lucent Technologies, Royal Philips, Toyota

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

Ryder, one of the most recognizable 3PL brand names, is a big-5 logistics 3PL. It has a 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 GM plants, services DaimlerChrysler, Toyota and Honda plus a multitude of Tier 1 suppliers. Ryder runs top notch inbound supply chain management, sequencing centers, just-in-time and dedicated contract carriage operations. In recent years, Ryder has grown substantially into the High-Tech and Consumer Goods verticals, in large part due to its advanced outbound capabilities managed through the Dallas-Ft. Worth TMC. Tom Jones, president of U.S. SCS will push this expansion and margin improvement. These operations grew significantly in 2006 and 2007, contributing to Ryder SCS’ 16% and 11% net revenue growth (respectively). Throughout 2007, Ryder added two key top managers – Todd Carter to drive profitability in the rapidly growing Transportation Management arena and Rosario Rizzo to run and invigorate its DCC operations.