How to make your Current and New Manufacturing Operations Competitive and Future Proof in Europe

October 2026: Regionalization of value chains means servicing customers per region of the world with competitive manufacturing plants. Required: cost effective production with smart manufacturing technologies in locations in EMEA which combine cost effectiveness, high quality of the business environment (a.o. talent base) and low risks.

BCI Global recently hosted an exclusive webinar focused on practical approaches to manufacturing footprint optimization and evaluating new production locations in Europe. The session combined market insights, decision-making frameworks and examples from recent international projects. The webinar presentation is now available as download option.

Topics covered include:

• How to optimize your company’s manufacturing footprint in Europe? How to trade off manufacturing in higher cost locations (including new manufacturing technologies) versus low labor cost locations?
• How to make a well-based comparison between current and potentially new production plant locations in EMEA, taking all cost factors (such as labor costs; real estate costs; inbound and outbound distribution costs; taxes), quality of the business environment factors (e.g. availability of labor; labor regulations; proximity of suppliers; accessibility) and risk factors into account?
• How to trade off investing in automation versus relocating to a lower labor cost location in EMEA?
• Which locations in EMEA are low cost alternatives to current high cost locations in Western Europe?
• How to develop a robust, customer centric distribution network in the perspective of growing markets in Central and Eastern Europe?

Please note: this material is intended exclusively for corporate end users, manufacturers and brand owners. Download requests from service providers, students and other non-corporate users may be declined.

Presented by:

• René Buck, CEO of BCI Global, contact René via Rene.Buck@BCIGlobal.com
• Johan Beukema, Managing Partner of BCI Global, contact Johan via Johan.Beukema@BCIGlobal.com
• Anton Stoyanov, Senior Consultant of BCI Global, contact Anton via Anton.Stoyanov@BCIGlobal.com