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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. 

3 Class 1 Railroads

8035 Logistics

 

 

 

 

 

Growing Business in DSM: RUAN Companies

Reliable Workforce and Talent Pipeline

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 #5 in the world for empirical supply chain research (The SCM Journal List, 2024).

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.

Ask us about using state employee withholding tax dollars for training including on-the-job training expenses administered by the Iowa Community College system. 

Greater Des Moines’ (DSM) Logistics and Distribution Centers

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  • Amazon
  • Bridgestone/Firestone
  • Briggs Medical Service
  • Brown NationaLease
  • Capital City Fruit
  • Casey’s General Stores, Inc.
  • CDS Global
  • Daimler Trucks North America
  • Federal Express
  • Hy-Vee, Inc.
  • Interstate Batteries
  • Iowa Select Farms
  • 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
  • Worldwide Logistics
  • XPO Logistics
  • Ziegler, Inc.