Manufacturers have the needs of employers but, in addition, they need to move quantities of physical goods in and out of factories. The SkyTran car is big enough to carry parts and even finished products for many light industries. SkyTran offers the possibility of shipping just one car of material efficiently and economically to a destination. This improves modularity by not requiring a full truckload to be a viable shipping size.

Because SkyTran's guideway is narrow and the cars are small, they can come directly into the factory floor from, potentially, accross the country, without "reloading". A Skytran car could come into
the begininng of an assembly line and be "unloaded" right onto the product being made. A car once emptied can now proceed to the end the of assembly line and take each fininshed product (or a number of them) to their next factory, warehouse or even retail shop. With this mechanism the velocity of "just in time" manufacturing can dramantically increase. Cost savings in warehousing can be achieved but probably more important is a reduction in time-to-market. By moving smaller items in this way, the road network will be less congested for trucks necessary to carry larger items, allowing them decreased transit times as well.