Business View Magazine Dec-2022

67 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 hile the trucking business may have been hit hard during COVID, the wheels are turning and the map leads to a bright economic picture down the road for Ralph Moyle Incorporated (RMI). Steering the company in the right direction, the RMI story is one of boldness, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to providing high- quality trucking and warehousing services. The family-owned and run business has deep roots in Mattawan, Michigan, growing from a one-man-with-a-truck company to a mid-sized firm with dozens of trucks, over a hundred and fifty employees, and a sprawling facility. For Ashley Kordish, CEO and third generation manager of Ralph Moyle Inc, the company is where it is due to the intelligent business decisions of founder Ralph Moyle and the help of friends, family, and community in running and growing the company. W “RMI is very family oriented,” this deeply family- oriented culture did not happen by accident but rather by design and intentional agency by founder and family patriarch Ralph Moyle. “Ralph Moyle, who is also my grandpa, started driving when he was thirteen years old, at the peak of World War Two,” narrates Kordish. “The year was 1945, and although he was not old enough to go to war, he was old enough to get on a truck and transport produce. This experience planted a seed in him to start a trucking business, which would become a reality in 1952 after he had served two years in the US Army and returned to Mattawan.” After incorporating RMI in 1966, Ralph Moyle ran the company for the next three RALPH MOYLE: Providing a top-tier freight and logistics service that puts customers in the driving seat