
Workforce Dynamics and Location Strategy
Excerpt: By By Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC) This article examines the current labor shortage crisis faced by industrial and service sectors,

Digital Media Location Strategic/Site Selection
Excerpt: By By Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC) This article examines trends influencing the geographic deployment of digital media operations. Digital media

Dynamics Shaping Location of Advanced Manufacturing Plants
Excerpt: By By Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC) This article addresses the trends and challenges impacting advanced manufacturing today. Subsequently the site

Eliminating Uncertainties in the Logistics Site Selection Process
Excerpt: By K. John Gutshaw and Ian Wright, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting Uncertainty and variability are significant factors that impact the logistics aspects of site

A High-Level Look at Aerospace Industry Location Trends
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Christy Blackwood To gain a big picture view of the composition of the aerospace industry, it’s worth looking at it

Crosscurrents and Conflicting Priorities: Warehouse-Distribution Site Selection Challenges Today
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan and Larry Moretti, WDGC Read the trade publications or your local news source – these are a sampling of typical

Locating Financial and Business Services Operations
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Principal, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting In this article, we address the drivers underlying location decisions within the financial and business

Cyber Security Industry Location Trends
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Principal, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting Cybersecurity involves the protection of networks, deliveries, and data from unauthorized access or criminal use.

Outdoor Recreation Equipment Manufacturing Location
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Principal, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting The outdoor sports/recreation industry is a big business. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, spending

Pedal to the Metal
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC) Despite a challenging environment, metal fabrication companies are expanding—and looking to grow in locations around

Rise of the Machines
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC) Machinery manufacturing tends to be a cyclical, capital-intensive industry. Since the great recession, revenue for

Making Your next Back Office Location a Success
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC) Back offices comprise an agglomeration of support activities that are pivotal to successful operation of

Locating High Technology Operations
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC) This article addresses location dynamics within the high technology sector. The term high-tech is rather

Emerging Trends in Back Office Competition
Excerpt: By Pete Mohan As back office operations have evolved, two tiers of center have emerged; companies have opted to increase complexity of tasks and

Area Development Magazine June 1998
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan The fact that we are in a period of acute labor shortage becomes abundantly clear when unemployment rates are examined.

Gold Guide
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in The Gold Guide Business climate—the aggregate of policies put in place by state or local governments that

Human Resource Challenges in a Corporate Relocation
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan Relocation Drivers Companies relocate business operations for a variety of reasons. Whatever the motivating rationale, the bottom-line goal is to

Manufacturing Location Trends
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in Trade & Development Industry Magazine This article examines (a) current/emerging status of manufacturing in the U.S.; (b)

Global Location Strategies For Electronics Component Manufacturing / Assembly
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donova, originally featured in Future EMS International This article outlines both a process and key decision factors for locating electronic component

Location Velocity: Good Today, But What About Tomorrow?
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in The Leader magazine This article examines the dynamic referred to as “location velocity.” Simply described, location velocity

Nearshoring
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally posted at tradeandindustrydev.com Most larger, and an increasing number of smaller, corporations are adopting an allshore (or multishore) strategy

Economic Development Website Underperformance
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in Trade & Development Industry Magazine Economic development (ED) websites comprise an indispensable tool for the corporate site

The Headquarters Relocation Challenge
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in Trade & Industry Development Magazine Relocating corporate headquarters constitutes a momentous decision for any business enterprise. While

Around the Globe in 90 Minutes
Excerpt: Featured workshop speaker Dennis J. Donovan Review the entire agenda and workshop material from the CoreNet Global Summit on Las Vegas here.

Food Processing Location Trends
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in Trade & Industry Development Magazine This article examines locational trends influencing the geographic deployment of food processing

Where Smart Money Locates R&D
Excerpt: Featured workshop speaker Dennis J. Donovan According to a study by INSEAD, two thirds of R&D centers are now located outside of company’s home

Alternative Energy Equipment Manufacturing
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in Trade & Industry Development Magazine Introduction This article addresses the geographic deployment of alternative energy equipment production

Aerospace Site Selection Trends
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in Trade & Industry Development Magazine Introduction This article addresses site selection dynamics pertaining to the aerospace sector.

The Art & Science Of Distribution Center Location
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally featured in ExpansionSolutionsMagazine.com This article highlights the art and science of siing new warehouse (or distribution) facilities. The following

Corporate Site Selection in 2011/2012
Excerpt: By Dennis Donovan, originally featured in Trade & Industry Development Magazine The site selection industry was in a state of depression from 2008 through

Call Center Trends
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally posted at ExpansionSolutionsMagazine.com The last decade has seen an explosion in customer service related jobs (outpacing U.S. private sector

Harnessing Metalworking Industry: Site Selection Dynamics
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally posted in Trade & Industry Development Magazine This article highlights location trends within the metalworking sector. The main focus

Latest Medical Devices Site Selection Trends
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally posted in Expansion Magazine This article addresses the latest site selection trends displayed by the medical devices industry. Article

A Renaissance for the Plastics Industry: The Upside and Challenge
Excerpt: By K. John Gutshaw & David S. Laszlo, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting, originally posted at expansionsolutionsmagazine.com Plastics production is essentially a two-phased process that

Back-Office Location Dynamics for the Financial Services Industry
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally posted at tradeandindustrydev.com This article addresses the site selection process for financial services back-office operations. We define back-office

Maximize your move
Excerpt: Originally posted at thefabricator.com Everyone knows that moving is not easy, especially when you are talking about moving a business. Dennis Donovan, a

Metalworking
Excerpt: By Dennis J. Donovan, originally posted at .tradeandindustrydev.com MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING, a major subset of the metalworking industrial sector, is displaying many

Medical Device Manufacturing
Excerpt: By Pete Mohan, Site Selection Consultant, Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting – Originally posted at expansionsolutionsmagazine.com Medical device manufacturing is a dynamic industry, holding the