The Business Facilities Podcast

Reshoring & Rebuilding Supply Chains

The wave of companies looking to reshore and nearshore their manufacturing operations shows no sign of abating. Rosemary Coates, Founder and Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, shares her perspective on planning and implementing a return to the U.S., including the rebuilding of domestic supply chains across the U.S for traditional and emerging industries. 

Business Facilities LiveXchange: Where Is Your Best Workforce?

You’re ready to relocate or expand, but do the locations on the shortlist have the people you need to keep business moving and thriving? Across industries, the ongoing shortage of skilled or ready to train employees makes workforce one of the tougher items on today’s site selection checklist. This panel discussion with site selectors, recorded at the 2023 Business Facilities LiveXchange, covers insights from their experiences, as well as a look at what might be changing for 2023.

Business Facilities LiveXchange: Impactful Incentives

Recorded at the 2023 Business Facilities LiveXchange, this presentation by Taylor Murray of Maxis Advisors discusses business incentives for expanding or relocating companies. What kinds of incentives are most impactful for a project? How do economic incentives and tax policy affect site selection decisions? Taylor also discusses national and state level policy trends that affect economic development and how client companies evaluate these trends in their site selection searches.

Business Facilities LiveXchange: Show Me The Money (Supply)

Recorded at the 2023 Business Facilities LiveXchange, this presentation by Dr. Anirban Basu of Sage Policy Group provides in-depth analysis of the major factors shaping economic outcomes, including central bank policymaking, worker attitudes, business confidence, and geopolitics. It then turns toward a forecast for the year to come, highlighting the major risks that economic stakeholders will likely encounter.