Ryder
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- This article refers to the truck rental company. For other meanings, see Ryder (disambiguation).
Ryder Template:NYSE is a popular truck rental and leasing company for companies' distribution and supply chain efforts.
Founded in Miami, Florida in 1932 by James A. Ryder, the Ryder company began its business by hauling concrete. Within a few years, the business had expanded to leasing trucks for other companies and the company changed its focus from distribution to leasing. By 1939, the truck fleet had increased to 50. By the 1960s and '70s, Ryder had expanded into the distribution and supply chain markets, assisting other companies with the distribution management of their products effectively. Today, Ryder has divisions all over the world and employs around 25,000 people.
Ryder provides leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Ryder's product offerings range from full service leasing, commercial rental and programmed maintenance of vehicles to integrated services such as dedicated contract carriage and carrier management. Additionally, Ryder offers comprehensive supply chain solutions, consulting, lead logistics management services and e-Business solutions that support customers' entire supply chains, from inbound raw materials and parts through distribution and delivery of finished goods. Ryder serves customer needs throughout North America, in Latin America, Europe and Asia.
The Integrated Logistics Operation Solutions provide an enterprise wide supply chain solution that integrates the functional components of your supply chain. Lead Logistics Management provides global supply chain services by designing networks and assuming management of logistics providers and information in the network; e-channel Solutions sm provide end-to-end management of the fulfillment channel, and Ryder Online Tools offer a sophisticated suite of systems that include web-enabled tools to access information and conduct business online.
