Rudy Lai

AI @ Ryder

Fleet management and logistics
Industry
Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Ryder has progressively increased its adoption of AI technologies from exploratory partnerships on autonomous trucking and fleet maintenance (2021-2022) to advanced AI-driven logistics solutions and operational automation, including a dedicated AI technology lab and high-accuracy AI pilot programs by 2024.
  • By mid-2024 to 2025, Ryder achieved significant milestones with a 99% accuracy AI-powered yard operations pilot with Terminal Industries, and expanded AI usage into predictive analytics, route optimization, demand forecasting, and risk mitigation to improve supply chain efficiency and resilience.
  • Ryder's AI initiatives span both internal operational enhancements and customer-facing logistics improvements, leveraging traditional AI and increasingly generative AI capabilities for real-time supply chain visibility and autonomous decision-making, demonstrating a clear trend toward integrated, data-driven logistics innovation.

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5 AI Use Cases at Ryder

Demand Forecasting
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Ryder uses AI-based predictive analytics to forecast customer demand and inventory needs more accurately, allowing for better resource allocation and supply chain resilience. [1][2]
Supply Visibility
2025
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Ryder uses AI-powered solutions to provide real-time visibility into inventory and shipment status, enabling proactive disruption management and enhanced customer service experiences. [1][2]
Route Optimization
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Ryder implements AI-driven route planning to dynamically adjust delivery and transportation routes in real-time, improving delivery speed and reducing fuel and operational costs. [1][2]
Yard Digitization
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Ryder employs AI-powered computer vision through a pilot with Terminal Industries to automate and optimize yard operations, achieving highly accurate truck and trailer check-in and check-out processes and reducing manual inefficiencies. [1][2][3]
Fleet Maintenance
2022
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Ryder embeds technicians and partners with autonomous trucking firms to proactively maintain fleets on-site, maximizing autonomous vehicle uptime and operational efficiency. [1]

Timeline

2025 Q3

1 updates

Ryder publicly showcased its ongoing commitment to AI-driven logistics innovations, emphasizing omnichannel fulfillment and strategic 3PL partnerships to enhance scalability and operational efficiency.

2025 Q2

3 updates

Ryder leverages predictive analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven risk modeling to forecast demand, optimize routes, and mitigate supply chain disruptions, significantly improving cost efficiency and delivery performance through advanced logistics solutions.

2025 Q1

3 updates

Ryder expands use of generative AI and traditional AI methods to optimize routing, enhance demand forecasting, deploy autonomous robotics, and improve real-time supply chain tracking to boost logistics performance.

2024 Q4: no updates

2024 Q3

4 updates

Ryder and Terminal Industries launch a pilot program leveraging AI-powered computer vision to digitize yard operations, achieving 99% accuracy in truck and trailer identification to enhance operational efficiency at the Southern California yard.

2024 Q2

1 updates

Ryder executives convene to establish a center of excellence focused on assessing and prioritizing AI opportunities to further embed AI into their logistics operations.

2024 Q1: no updates

2023 Q4: no updates

2023 Q3

4 updates

Ryder opens a Silicon Valley technology lab called Baton to develop AI-driven logistics solutions, emphasizing automation and AI's role in transforming supply chains with improved warehouse and distribution management.

2023 Q2: no updates

2023 Q1: no updates

2022 Q4

1 updates

Ryder partners with autonomous tech firm Aurora to pilot on-site fleet maintenance with embedded Ryder technicians at Aurora's terminal aiming to maximize autonomous truck utilization.

2022 Q3: no updates

2022 Q2: no updates

2022 Q1: no updates

2021 Q4

1 updates

Ryder collaborates with Georgia Tech to conduct the industry's first data-driven study on the impact of autonomous trucking, marking an early exploration into AI-driven logistics innovation.