Artificial Intelligence and Transportation Workflows at the Trimble Insights Conference
Trimble executives emphasized at the San Diego event that artificial intelligence not only accelerates existing processes in the transportation sector but also requires the redesign of workflows.
Speaking at the 2026 Trimble Insights Conference in San Diego, company executives stated that fleets must restructure their business processes to maximize the benefits of artificial intelligence and introduced new AI products.
Artificial Intelligence and Workflow Redesign
Rob Painter, President and CEO of Trimble, stated that the value of artificial intelligence depends on blending automation with human knowledge, noting that true efficiency is possible by organizing work around the new technology.
Michael Kornhauser, Sector Vice President, noted that artificial intelligence cannot replace human experience and judgment, explaining that humans provide business knowledge while artificial intelligence offers endless execution power.
New Fleet and Route Management Tools
Introduced by the company, the Appian Fleet Assistant acts as a virtual dispatcher that creates multi-stop routes in seconds using fleet rules.
The Route Orchestration solution unifies planning, execution, visibility, and settlement processes under a single workflow.
Driver Assistant and Invoice Automation
The CoPilot Driver Assistant offers hands-free, natural language navigation to help manage fuel, parking, and hours-of-service limitations.
The TMT AI Invoice Scanning system expands bulk PDF invoice processing capacity and matches parts and repairs with VMRS codes.
Yard and AI Digital Co-Worker
The Trimble Dock & Yard solution aims to eliminate blind spots between the facility and the road by connecting appointments and arrival times.
Launched in August, the Trimble Arc Agent is presented as a digital co-worker that automates repetitive operational tasks such as order entry and contract intake.