AI @ Ryder
Summary
- Ryder has progressively integrated AI into its logistics and transportation services from 2021 through 2025, transitioning from autonomous trucking research partnerships (Georgia Tech, Aurora) to advanced AI-driven yard operations and supply chain optimizations with near 99% accuracy.
- Key initiatives include opening a Silicon Valley technology lab focused on AI in logistics, implementing AI computer vision in yard management (achieving 99% accuracy in trailer and truck identification), and leveraging predictive analytics and generative AI for demand forecasting, route optimization, and supply chain resilience.
- AI efforts have expanded internally with the creation of a center of excellence by 2024 and externally with client-facing AI solutions enhancing operational efficiency, risk mitigation, and customer experience, supported by technology partnerships and infrastructure developments such as private 5G networks for real-time intelligence.
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5 AI Use Cases at Ryder
Event Operations2025
Demand Forecasting2025
Route Optimization2025
Yard Automation2024
Autonomous Maintenance2022
Timeline
2026 Q1: no updates
2025 Q4
Industry discussion on networking infrastructure for AI readiness and Ryder's logistics solutions supporting AI data center construction highlight ongoing groundwork for real-time intelligence and logistics efficiency in AI-powered operations.
2025 Q3
Ryder showcases broad AI commitment in supply chain innovations; Hewlett Packard Enterprise supports Ryder Cup 2025 with AI-enabled private 5G and generative AI assistant applications for enhanced operational efficiency across a large-scale event.
2025 Q2
Ryder accelerates use of predictive analytics and AI-driven forecasting, route optimization, and risk mitigation, emphasizing supply chain resilience and cost savings; highlights digital twins and AI innovations for logistics efficiency.
2025 Q1
Ryder publishes insights on AI transforming supply chains with real-time visibility, enhanced demand forecasting, optimized route planning, and generative AI applications in logistics including autonomous robotics deployment.
2024 Q4: no updates
2024 Q3
Ryder and Terminal Industries pilot AI-based yard traffic monitoring and computer vision solutions achieving 99% accuracy in truck and trailer identification, dramatically improving yard operation efficiency.
2024 Q2
Ryder forms a center of excellence to assess AI opportunities, gathering technology leaders to evaluate and prioritize AI initiatives.
2024 Q1: no updates
2023 Q4: no updates
2023 Q3
Ryder opens Silicon Valley technology lab, 'Baton,' to develop AI-driven logistics and prepare for waves of AI adoption in supply chain, publishing thought leadership on AI’s role in logistics and supply chain disruption.
- Heavy Duty Trucking: Ryder Silicon Valley Lab Developing AI-Driven Logistics Solutions
- The SCXchange: Ryder opens Silicon Valley technology lab to prepare for waves of AI in supply chain
- Ryder: Revolutionizing Supply Chains with Artificial Intelligence
- Ryder: Is AI Turning Supply Chains into Disruptors?
2023 Q2: no updates
2023 Q1: no updates
2022 Q4
Ryder collaborates with Aurora to pilot on-site fleet maintenance for autonomous trucks, embedding Ryder technicians in Aurora's terminal to maximize autonomous truck utilization.
2022 Q3: no updates
2022 Q2: no updates
2022 Q1: no updates
2021 Q4
Ryder partners with Georgia Tech to conduct the industry's first data-driven study on autonomous trucking impact, marking the beginning of Ryder's AI exploration in transportation.