We advise internationally operating firms on where to optimally locate their manufacturing plants. Our strategy involves some or all aspects of this location decision-making process, from strategic planning through to location selection and project relocation and set-up.

Our assistance includes organizational reviews, international competitive benchmarking, marketing strategy and a wide range of state-of-the-art tools.

We recognize that determining your company’s location can have major impacts on your core business, and is not simply a real estate exercise.

Our professionals identify and evaluate business locations based on your specific requirements. We apply global location experience, local economic and demographic research, market analyses and financial analyses. The result is a comparative evaluation upon which you can base expansion or relocation decisions.

It is important to provide you with information in the areas of labor and real estate issues, competitor and HR issues, quality of life, business climate, taxation and government incentive concerns. Our multi-phase approach ensures that you receive the details you need to make an optimal location decision.

Clients apply our expertise to meet their diverse needs that include: benchmarking current facility locations, addressing labor recruitment and retention issues, defining location strategies that support business objectives, analyzing risks/benefits and costs of relocation, selecting optimum locations for specific operations, and negotiating incentives.

Business Location Consulting Services

• Benchmark a Company's Business Locations

Develop and compare evaluation criteria (e.g., quality/cost of labor, business environment, facility capacity, production effectiveness, employee feedback, customer feedback and community feedback, etc.) to compare performance of each location to determine where to expand, down-size or where specific issues need to be addressed.



• Address Labor Recruitment and Retention Issues

Evaluate the current situation and demographic trends for a given location as well as the competitive positioning a client has relative to specific job categories And other local labor competitors.



• Business Location Selection

Determine optimum locations for business operations based on well defined selection criteria. Our successful multi-step approach involves several screening steps along with profiling the top five plus location candidates and engaging in field trips to verify critical aspects of the finalist locations.



• Incentive Evaluation, Negotiation and Tracking



• Evaluate the availability of incentive options for a specific type of operation and negotiate the best incentive package that meets the long-term needs of the company. Marketing Support for Commercial and Industrial Properties

Profiles for target locations are prepared to supplement the standard real estate package in the marketing of new or existing properties as well as legacy industrial sites. The profiles include an overview on demographic trends, labor competitors, incentive opportunities, commutation trends, education resources, air access and other pertinent information that supplements the standard real estate package.

Why do companies use location consultants?

Clients utilize our services for three primary reasons:
	We can gather location-related information and provide financial and risk/benefit analysis for different location alternatives without client disclosure to either internal or external sources. We have access to data and analytical methods that minimize decision-making time and allow the client to stay focused on their core functions. We can leverage our insights and expertise relative to specific situations based on our extensive experience.

What are some of the location-related factors companies use in locating their operations?

Location factors vary depending on the client situation and type of operation. In general, location factors relate to the availability of labor resources; the quality of life within the community; the cost of labor, real estate, taxes and energy; transportation access to key markets and company locations or the positioning of an operation to serve a specific geography or optimize the supply chain.

What role do incentives play in the location selection process?

We advise our clients to first seek locations that fundamentally meet the strategic needs for the company and allow incentives to act as a tie-breaker. We strive to build economic relationships between companies and communities that result in a win-win situation for both parties.

How does CPR charge for consulting services?

We are flexible in how we quote our services. Many clients request services be quoted on a fixed fee basis for a defined scope of services that is delivered in phases. We also can quote on a time and material basis up to an agreed upon maximum amount.