Retail Fulfillment

Retail success relies on delivering products to the right place at the right time, correctly configured, and ready for sale. At Ryder, we go beyond standard retail fulfillment by offering the industry’s only fully-integrated retail fulfillment services. Our technology-driven comprehensive services include warehouse and distribution management, managed transportation, e-commerce fulfillment, last mile delivery, and value-added services tailored to grow your business. With strategically placed facilities across North America, we ensure flexibility and speed, supported by warehouse automation and proprietary technology platforms that provide 100% real-time visibility, 99% on-time delivery, and 100% order accuracy.

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Why Ryder?

Advanced Retail Solutions

Our proven processes, proprietary technology, and experienced workforce allow you to get your products where they need to go seamlessly.

  • Visibility
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    Visibility

    Accurately manage inventory in real-time with 100% visibility from the time your goods are picked up at the port of entry, inside your warehouse or distributions center, and through delivery at your stores. Our advanced warehouse management systems (WMS) provide inventory management by SKU, size, color, or any number of critical retail attributes, and will employ the latest RF and RFID technology when processing your goods into and out of active inventory locations. Your benefits include:

    • Pallet, bulk, or each picking, as the channel requires
    • Specialty storage and automation
    • Specialized pack stations for gift wrap or special orders
    • ASN receipt and RF scanning
    • Palletized, racked, and GOH storage options
    • LIFO/FIFO management
    • Lot and serial number control
    • Cycle count programs
    • Vendor managed inventory
    • Online, real-time visibility to on-hand inventory
  • Technology
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    Technology

    By investing in cutting-edge technology to enhance your supply chain, we deliver the future of logistics today. Through strategic research and the piloting of innovative technologies, we automate where it makes sense and create customer-centric solutions that drive value. Our proprietary technology platforms—RyderShare™, RyderShip™, and RyderView™—give you complete control of your operation from a single, customizable dashboard. As a result, you get the visibility to proactively manage your inventory in real-time and collaborate with all stakeholders to resolve issues in minutes instead of days or weeks. Since 2021, we have:

    • Researched over 250 technologies
    • Automated 21 million sq. ft. of warehouse space
    • Increased goods-to-person technologies by 800%
    • Deployed over 1,000 autonomous warehouse robots
    • Mobilized more than 300 autonomous forklifts.
  • Electronic Data Interchange
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    Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Integrations

    Our established relationships with the nation’s largest retailers ensure seamless EDI integration, including ASNs, for optimal retail distribution solutions. We can synchronize our in-house inventory management system with yours or implement your WMS in our facilities, providing maximum flexibility and positive outcomes. EDI providers use standards and translation software to automate the sending, receiving, and processing of purchase orders (POs), invoices, ASNs, and other important business documents.

  • Retail Store Replenishment
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    Retail Store Replenishment

    Our retail replenishment capabilities stay on top of seasonal and year-round merchandise, peak and slack seasons, and returns management. We understand the complexities of store deliveries — malls, stand-alone stores, lift gates, and in-city deliveries, and ensure your products get to where they need to be on-time. Our decades of experience in advanced distribution enable automated replenishment – informed by real-time inventory and sales insights. Your benefits:

    • Automated induction and sortation systems for cross-docking and preparing store delivery routes
    • Flexible warehousing options for surplus inventory
    • Truckload optimization and TMS technology
    • Scanning and bar-code printing
    • Mobile scanning for store deliveries
    • Specialized equipment for metro and small store deliveries
    • Returns management, including tote management, merchandise quality inspection, and restocking
  • Multiple Order Profiles
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    Multiple Order Profiles

    Our retail fulfillment solutions get the right product, to the right place, at the right time so you can meet consumer demand. This includes handling the most demanding retail distribution order profiles —cases, pre-packs, or individual items, along with the industries best transportation solutions. Your benefits:

    • Integration to ERP systems and popular web front-end storefronts
    • Stock replenishment and directed put-away
    • Full case, pre-pack, and each picking
    • GOH item-level picking
    • Minimum shipment management
    • Kitting and pre-pack
    • Ability to ship to different locations
    • Parcel shipping system interface
    • Scanning and bar-code printing
    • Returns management

The Ryder Difference

Optimize your supply chain with fully-integrated solutions that give you the flexibility and efficiency to meet the demands of your customers.

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Expert Delivery

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Value-Added Services

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Customized Fulfillment

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Service of Interest required
  • Fulfillment - E-commerce
  • Fulfillment - Retail
  • Fulfillment - Wholesale
  • Last Mile Delivery
  • Co-Packaging
  • Other
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Retail Fulfillment FAQ's

Still have questions? View our FAQ's or fill out the form and one of our specialists will reach out to you.

    • At Ryder, retail fulfillment includes the end-to-end process of receiving, processing, picking, packing, shipping, and handling returns for retail channels, including store distribution and e-commerce.

    • Yes. Our retail fulfillment services include retail replenishment. While our retail fulfillment services focus on delivering individual customer or channel orders, Ryder also manages retail replenishment to ensure stores are restocked efficiently, and inventory levels remain optimal, using real-time sales and demand data.

    • Yes. Ryder supports EDI integration (including ASNs) with major retailers and can synchronize with your inventory systems or implement WMS in our facilities for operational flexibility.

    • Ryder platforms, including RyderShare™, RyderShip™, and RyderView™, deliver 100% real-time visibility, 99% on-time delivery, and 100% order accuracy, supported by advanced automation.

    • Yes. Ryder supports full case, pre-pack, and each picking (including GOH), with integrations to ERP and popular storefronts, and the ability to ship to different locations.

    • Ryder manages seasonal and year-round replenishment of retail items with automated systems, TMS optimization, mobile scanning, and specialized equipment, plus returns management to keep shelves stocked for businesses big and small.

    • Ryder facilities provide value-added services including but not limited to reticketing, labeling, embroidery, pressing, repacking, repairs, and alterations, along with specialized pack stations for gift wrap and special orders.

    • With over 100 million square feet of warehouse space managed across North America, Ryder operates strategically to provide speed and flexibility for retail distribution and delivery.

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