Ryder System, Inc. announced the opening of a one-million-square-foot North American distribution center for Lexmark, a global imaging and IoT solutions leader. The new, purpose-built facility consolidates two Lexmark operations into one, streamlining the receiving and shipping of printers and copiers, toner cartridges, and spare parts for a more efficient customer order fulfillment process. Strategically located in Jeffersonville, Indiana ?

just across the river from Louisville, Kentucky, a crossroads of river, road, rail, and runway ? Lexmark?s new centralized facility enables 99% same-day shipping and 99% midnight parcel pick-up with next-day air service. It also streamlines the customization, configuration, return, refurbishment, and recertification of equipment, while saving costs.

Also key to the customized solution is the implementation of RyderShare, a digital platform that enables everyone involved in moving goods through supply chains ? including shippers, receivers, carriers, and service providers ? to see across the supply chain in real time and work together to prevent costly delays and find efficiency gains.

It also incorporates best-in-class business intelligence tools combined with a proprietary analytics solution to inform future decisions, prepare supply chains for unexpected events, and speed recovery from disruptions. Ryder provides distribution management; returns handling; equipment restoration and redistribution, including repairing returned hardware, recertifying it, and returning it to stock; bundling hardware and supplies; and customization, such as adding options, software updates, and customer-setting configurations.