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