DC Velocity - January 2010

Ryder

Worldwide Headquarters 11690 NW 105th Street Miami Florida 33178 1-888-887-9337 www.ryder.com

As we embark on the new year, I’d like to thank Ryder’s customers, employees and partners for 75 years of transportation and logistics excellence.

2009 was perhaps the most challenging year businesses have faced since the

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drove companies to closely examine all of their business activities. As a result, businesses turned to their supply chains for unprecedented performance, challenging assumptions that they were often unable to consider before. Sourcing locations, ship frequency, and inventory buffers are all being looked at through a

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At Ryder, we’re helping our customers build value in their supply chains. Our Control Tower solution, for example, allows our customers to reduce buffer inventory and dynamically plan and route their shipments through end-to-end supply chain visibility.

As we anticipate the rebound of the economy in the coming year, Ryder is poised to deliver scalable and innovative solutions to our customers. Our transportation, warehousing, and integrated logistics solutions paired with deep expertise in key industry verticals, including retail, automotive, and electronics, will ensure the lessons learned in last year’s economy are hard at work across the supply chain.

The year ahead will surely pose new, yet unanticipated business challenges. We’re driven by the opportunity to create new solutions – and deliver the supply ;;!;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;!;; ;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;!;;;;