Trimble's new next-generation transportation management system, Trimble TMS, is a cloud-native, AI-powered TMS for enterprise-level carriers, designed to go beyond the capabilities of a traditional TMS.

Unveiled at the 2025 Trimble Insight Tech Conference in New Orleans, Trimble TMS is designed to manage the entire transportation operations lifecycle from order to cash.

Designed to be the “central nervous system” and intelligent center of a connected transportation management ecosystem, Trimble TMS integrates AI and machine learning to automate complex workflows and provide predictive insights. 

By embedding artificial intelligence across the TMS — from grading incoming tenders and selecting the right freight to forecasting network load balance up to seven days in advance — Trimble TMS helps automate manual processes, accelerate strategic decision-making, and enhance productivity, according to the company.

You may know Trimble because of its existing TMS platforms and other transportation software, such as TMW.Suite TMS, TruckMate TMS, Innovative TMS, TMT Fleet Maintenance, PC*Miler, CoPilot Navigation, Appian, Trimble Maps, and more.

Those provide a vast trove of transportation and logistics data and analytics is just what’s needed to power robust AI models and tools.

Trimble's Modular Approach

Trimble TMS will be available as a complete, end-to-end solution, or as modules that can be implemented individually for use with one of Trimble’s existing TMS solutions. 

There are seven modules, providing AI features for a range of roles, from customer service to leadership, including:

• Order

• Capacity

• Supply

• Demand

• Status

• Back Office 

• Control Center.

“Our customers are facing unprecedented demands, and our goal with the next-gen, cloud-native TMS for the AI age is to give them a decisive competitive advantage,” said Michael Kornhauser, sector vice president, transportation and logistics at Trimble, in a news release.

“We developed this solution to work with our existing TMS solutions, ensuring a smooth, modular transition that protects their current investments while future-proofing their operations.”

Who is The Trimble TMS For?

Eventually, Trimble expects all of its customers will migrate to the next-generation Trimble TMS, but not right away. 

“We are not focused on being everything for everybody,” Kornhauser said in a session with trucking reporters. “We do expect that over time, all of our customers will migrate to this system, but that time period is pretty far out. That's not in the next five years.”

Emphasizing that a TMS means different things to different businesses, he said, “We are not focused on being everything for everybody,” he said – and that’s where Trimble’s new approach to integrations comes in.

“I think one core tenet of our next-generation TMS is to not try to do everything ourselves, not try to do everything for everybody,” he said.

That’s why the “ecosystem” concept is so important, he said, because the next-generation Trimble TMS allows API integrations with a wide variety of other software and technology, from telematics to route optimization.

Availability of Trimble TMS Modules

The Trimble TMS Order and Trimble TMS Capacity modules are available for a pre-release, trial evaluation period by existing Trimble TMW.Suite TMS and Trimble Innovative TMS truckload SaaS carrier customers.

The beta version of the end-to-end Trimble TMS solution is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2026.

The Order Intake Agent for Trimble’s line of TMS solutions is available for a pre-release, trial evaluation period for Trimble TMW.Suite. It is expected to be available for Trimble TMS, Trimble TruckMate TMS and Trimble Innovative TMS in the first half of 2026.

Other new products announced at the conference include new AI agents and workflows, and expanded integrations.

New AI Agents and Workflows

New AI agents and workflows across Trimble’s connected transportation ecosystem were demonstrated, including:

• An Order Intake Agent for Trimble’s complete line of TMS solutions that quickly processes orders from emails, PDFs and EDI, entering them into the TMS for review

• A Road Call Agent for TMT Road Call using a driver’s natural language breakdown description to instantly initiate roadside breakdown responses

• An Invoice Scanning Agent for TMT Fleet Maintenance that eliminates manual data entry by automatically scanning PDF invoices, freeing teams from administrative tasks to focus on higher value work.

Expanded TMS Integrations

Trimble expanded integrations to help address industry challenges, including driver retention, procurement, and digital transformation. 

• Trimble Fleet Hub centralizes mobile communications between the back office and drivers, integrating with major telematics providers like Platform Science, Samsara, Isaac, Geotab and Solera. 

• Trimble Freight Marketplace tackles procurement inefficiencies with its AI-enhanced carrier vetting feature, simplifies fragmented freight sourcing, and improves capacity matching. This gives motor carriers direct access to freight from shippers like Procter & Gamble.

• A new integration between Tandem Concepts and Trimble Fuel Dispatch TMS addresses fuel hauler inefficiencies by digitally validating orders before dispatch, reducing “no-load” scenarios and driver detention.

The new AI agents, workflows, and expanded integrations are expected to be available in Q1 2026 for existing Trimble customers.