Trimble kicked off its 2026 Trimble Insight Conference with CEO Rob Painter and Michael Kornhauser, Vice President of the Transportation & Logistics Sector, presenting a vision for the future that blends the practical knowledge of fleet operators with the power of AI-driven solutions. The strategy is designed to help businesses respond to evolving market challenges, automate time-intensive processes, and drive greater operational efficiency.
“Navigating today’s volatile market requires clarity, resilience, and the willingness to adapt. Intelligent technology is only as powerful as the network supporting it, which is why we’re pairing autonomous AI with operational context so our customers have the tools to keep moving forward.”
-Painter
“Our mission is to bring innovation directly into customer workflows without forcing disruptive platform overhauls. Whether modernizing core systems like Trimble TruckMate software or delivering route-planning autonomy with Appian, it comes down to a simple value equation — turning human context and AI into value for our customers.”
-Kornhauser
Highlighting the Trimble NEXT Showcase — a suite of nearly 20 new features and enhancements — Painter and Kornhauser unveiled key solutions including Trimble CoPilot Driver Assistant, Route Orchestration for Trimble PC Miler routing software, Appian Fleet Assistant with autonomous planning, upgraded TMT AI Invoice Scanning, Trimble Dock & Yard Advanced Trailer Orchestration, agent-ready Carrier TMS modernizations and Trimble Arc Agent.
Mapping & Navigation Innovation
Trimble enhanced its mapping and navigation portfolio with next-generation automation and voice-activated AI. CoPilot Driver Assistant provides hands-free, natural-language in-cab navigation to locate fuel, parking, and manage HOS limits. Trimble Route Orchestration for PC Miler unifies planning, execution, visibility and settlement into a single workflow — balancing safety, tolls and delivery constraints — to optimize outcomes across the entire route lifecycle. For private fleets, Appian Fleet Assistant with autonomous planning acts as a virtual dispatcher, capturing operational rules to generate multi-stop route plans in seconds.
Fleet Maintenance AI Upgrades
Major upgrades to TMT Fleet Maintenance AI Invoice Scanning leverage advanced vision models to batch-process up to 100 vendor PDF invoices at once — saving more than 136,000 minutes across 19,500 invoices using AI as compared to manual data entry. By automating data entry and mapping repairs to VMRS codes, shop teams can eliminate repetitive paperwork, get trucks off shop bays, and return assets to the road faster.
Trimble Dock & Yard: Advanced Trailer Orchestration
Trimble enhanced its Trimble Dock & Yard offering with Advanced Trailer Orchestration to eliminate “black box” blind spots between the road and the facility. The solution connects appointment planning, live arrival visibility, and carrier collaboration into a single shared record for every trailer — from gate to dock. With features like Time Slot Management and a Carrier Yard Visit Portal, it automatically syncs shifting ETAs so teams can reduce detention costs and act before disruptions cause delays.
Trimble announced browser-based, AI agent-ready modernizations directly to its core Carrier TMS platforms —TMW, Suite, TruckMate, Innovative, and Fuel Dispatch. Cloud-hosted architectures preserve decades of operational logic while providing cleaner, browser-accessible interfaces that enable seamless collaboration between people and AI agents. The keynote also highlighted Trimble TMS, its native cloud solution built specifically for growing North American full-truckload carriers and small and medium enterprises.
Launched in August, Trimble Arc Agent is an AI-powered digital colleague designed to streamline repetitive, multi-step operational work through a single conversational interface. Tailored for the transportation and logistics industry, Arc Agent automates essential workflows, including Order Entry, Contract Intake, and the newly introduced Intelligent RFQ Builder skill. It also enables organizations to create custom skills for more complex processes, such as payroll reconciliation. By handling time-consuming administrative tasks while leaving final decisions and approvals with fleet teams, Arc Agent helps businesses improve operational efficiency without sacrificing human oversight.
