YRC Profile
Company Overview | Capabilities | Industry Leadership
Information Technology | Safety | Community Service
Company Overview
- YRC reflects the merger of Roadway (founded in 1930) in Akron, Ohio, and Yellow Transportation (founded in 1924) in Oklahoma City, Okla.
- YRC is the largest subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. with corporate headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., and a corporate office in Akron, Ohio.
- Other YRC Worldwide subsidiaries include: New Penn, Reimer Express (Canada), Holland, Reddaway, Glen Moore and YRC Logistics.
- YRC is the leading transporter of industrial, commercial, and retail goods, specializing in solutions for businesses across North America through a full-service network, advanced information technologies and proactive local customer service.
- Global transportation and logistics solutions for import and export shipments are also available.
- DOT Number: 071821
- Dun & Bradstreet number: 00-699-8397
- GST Number: R105762553
- SIC Code: 4213
- We are an ISO 9001:2000 certified carrier.
- YRC is certified for the C-TPAT, FAST and PIP programs for supply-chain security.
- YRC Transportation S.A. de C.V. operates our Mexico network.
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- Employees: 59,000, including 38,000 drivers and hands-on transportation professionals
- Service centers: 430 (by year-end 2009)
- Trailers: 61,411
- Tractors:15,468
- Average number of in-network shipments delivered each working day: 80,000
- Average length of in-network haul in 2008: 1,200 miles
- Average pounds in-network per shipment 2008: 1,000 pounds
- Tons of freight delivered in-network in 2008: 22 billion tons
- Number of miles logged by U.S. linehaul drivers in 2008: 100 million miles
- A subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc.
Capabilities
- Seamless transportation throughout Canada, Mexico, and the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
- Reliable two-day, three-day and coast-to-coast service, connecting key markets.
- Expedited and guaranteed deliveries by ground or air with YRC Time-CriticalTM and YRC Time-AdvantageTM services.
- Guaranteed delivery windows. We can accommodate any time window—within a specific hour, on a specific day or across multiple days.
- Dedicated protective services for a single shipment or an entire trailer.
- Special project and logistics management with Custom Projects.
- Transportation and logistics for import and export shipments with YRC Global Services.
- Transportation for volume shipments, tradeshow exhibits, cold-sensitive products, and product returns.
Industry Leadership
- Only transportation provider to guarantee delivery of tradeshow exhibits at no additional charge.
- Only transportation provider that offers dedicated protection and a guarantee for standard
transit shipments with Sealed Divider Service.
- Only LTL transportation provider with representatives on site at all main border-crossing points in North America to expedite Customs clearance.
- Only transportation provider with highly trained Customer Support Teams providing superior service and individualized transportation solutions for you.
- One of the first transportation providers to be certified for the C-TPAT, PIP and FAST programs for supply chain security.
- First nationwide LTL transportation provider to receive ISO certification of its entire network and management systems for shipping goods from pickup to delivery. Certification in the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2000 standards assures that quality controls for system integrity and security are in place.
Information Technology
- More than 32,000 terabytes of shipment data stored online.
- Information systems process more than 7.5 million transactions daily.
- Internet-based services provide in-transit shipment visibility and supply-chain management.
- Secure, web-based applications, electronic data interchange (EDI) and other technologies for you to use to manage your transportation processes.
- First transportation provider to combine cellular and satellite technologies to gather and send real-time data along local pickup and delivery routes. This two-way messaging and vehicle-tracking system for pickup and delivery operations improves responsiveness to your needs for pickup service and shipment information.
Safety
- 59 YRC drivers competed in the 2008 National Truck Driving Championships in Houston by virtue of each one winning his respective state championship in a particular competition class.
- 5 YRC drivers competed in the 2008 Canada National Truck Driving Championships in Ottawa, Ontario.
- Six YRC drivers comprise one-third of the 18 captains of the prestigious 2009–2010 America's Road Team selected by the American Trucking Associations to represent the industry and promote highway safety in public venues across the country.
- Corporate and district road teams: YRC professional drivers and dock professionals assist with presentations about the industry and safety issues to national media, customers, legislators, community organizations and schools.
- No-Zone Trailers: Several YRC trailers and pups are emblazoned with the "No Zone" message about truck blind spots in a U.S. Department of Transportation-sponsored public-safety campaign.
- "Share the Road Safely" Trailer: A YRC trailer displays the Ohio State Highway Patrol's "Share the Road Safely" message. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration funds the campaign through a federal education grant.
- 1 driver has driven more than 5 million accident-free miles.
- 26 drivers have driven more than 4 million accident-free miles.
- 125 drivers have driven more than 3 million accident-free miles.
- 289 drivers have driven more than 2 million accident-free miles.
- 1,590 drivers have driven more than1 million accident-free miles.
- 27 professional YRC drivers (since 1930) have achieved the exceptional accomplishment of driving 4 million accident-free miles, helping to place YRC as one of the safest transportation providers in the industry.
- Linehaul drivers at Memphis, Tenn., hold YRC's all-time safe-driving record. They drove 25,443,130 miles without a preventable accident between May 20, 2002, and January 22, 2003.
Community Service
YRC is woven into the daily life of communities big and small in North America and other parts of the world. Yes, we're doing our jobs when we pick up customer goods, move them over the road and deliver them. But when we go frequently to an address, the people there—our customers—often become our friends.
In ways big and small, from corporate support for national organizations to small groups of us helping out in our local neighborhoods, we care about the communities we serve, and we want to do right by them.
Our employees embrace the core values of YRC:
- Exceed customer expectations
- Value our people
- Work safely
- Demonstrate good citizenship
- Act with integrity
- Embrace teamwork
In keeping with our core values, we’re pleased to support:
- American Heart Association
- Gifts in Kind International
- Heart to Heart International
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- United Negro College Fund
- United Way
