Logistics
Greater Des Moines’ (DSM’s) prime location at the heart of Iowa and in the middle of the Midwest attracts new and growing logistics businesses. Distribution centers and warehouses can tap into paramount real estate right next to Interstates 80 and 35, several active railroads with full-time switching service and a lower cost of doing business compared to other regions — allowing them to do something greater here while saving money on their bottom line.
Growing Business in DSM: RUAN Companies
Reliable Workforce and Talent Pipeline
In addition to being a logistical sweet spot, DSM is also home to reliable, educated workers. Seventy-eight percent of workers have five years or more of experience in their current job field. Job training may reimburse up to $5,000 per job, depending on the added payroll.
Educational institutions support continued talent pipeline growth. Iowa Stata University’s Logistics and Management Information Systems degree is the dominate business program in the University’s Ivy School of Business. Ivy’s supply chain management program ranks #8 in the world for empirical supply chain research (The SCM Journal List, 2023).
Des Moines Area Community College’s (DMACC) Transportation Institute provides quality truck driver education, training and retraining at the 14-acre facility as well as over the road for those interested in obtaining a CDL.
Greater Des Moines’ (DSM) Logistics and Distribution Centers
- Amazon
- Bridgestone/Firestone
- Briggs Medical Service
- Capital City Fruit
- Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
- CDS Global
- Daimler Trucks North America
- FedEx
- Interstate Batteries
- JT Logistics
- Loffredo Fresh Produce Co., Inc.
- Merchants Distribution Service
- NAPA Distribution Center
- Owens & Minor
- PDM Distribution Services
- Perishable Distributors of Iowa (PDI)
- Power Distributors
- Ruan Companies
- SAIA
- Southwest Cargo
- Sysco Iowa
- TMC Transportation
- TORO
- United Parcel Service
- U.S. AutoForce
- XPO Logistics
- Ziegler, Inc.