Manufacturing Footprint

Optimizing your manufacturing footprint is more important than ever before. Global uncertainties and disruptions are driving many companies to determine how to prepare their manufacturing footprint for the future from for example the perspectives of cost, risk and sustainability.

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Southeast Asia: The Next Manufacturing Powerhouse?

Southeast Asia is the highest economic growth region of the world the next years. But how to organize your manufacturing & distribution set-ups to take advantage of this large market from a manufacturing and distribution perspective? And how does Asia fit into the current global trade tariff discussions?

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How to make your European Manufacturing Operations Competitive and Future Proof?

Regionalization of value chains means servicing European customers with nearby competitive manufacturing plants. Required: cost effective production with smart manufacturing technologies in locations in Europe, Middle East and Africa which combine low cost, high quality of the business environment (a.o. talent base) and low risks

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12th Annual American Manufacturing Summit

The annual Generis American Manufacturing Summit (AMS) aims to be a platform for connecting leaders and exchanging ideas in the manufacturing industry. This two-day conference is designed to bring together senior executives and solution providers to discuss manufacturing technology trends, strategic insights, and best practices in a rapidly evolving landscape

March 17-18, 2026

Site Selectors Guild Spring Conference

Each year, the Site Selection Guild holds its Spring Conference event with about 50 Guild members in attendance. The key mission of the Guild Spring Conference is knowledge sharing, an interactive exchange of ideas, and networking between Guild members, economic developers, and investment promotion professionals from around the world

March 23-25, 2026

North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit (NAMES)

The North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit (NAMES) is an annual gathering of industry leaders, manufacturing executives, and experts dedicated to exploring innovative strategies, emerging trends, and best practices in the dynamic world of manufacturing management

April 20-22, 2026

Logipharma 2026 – Global Pharma Supply Chain Conference

LogiPharma 2026 - Global Pharma Supply Chain Conference aims to be the global conference for end-to-end supply chain leaders who want to be innovative in today’s complex world

April 14-16, 2026

SC XPO Event – North America

The SC XPO events of Gartner aim to be a key gathering of CSCOs and Supply Chain Executives to discover insights on how CSCOs and supply chain leaders should predict disruptions, drive innovation, and build resilient, tech-enabled supply chains

May 4-6, 2026

Johan Beukema

Managing Partner

+31 24 379 0222

johan.beukema@bciglobal.com

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Our team of experts has extensive experience in this field, with a deep understanding of global markets and local situations.

Whether you are in a growing business and need to facilitate further business growth with production capacity growth or you are in a business that is under pressure and you are challenged to reduce landed costs to optimize margins, you will need to define footprint scenarios, analyze them and build your improvement roadmap for the future. Our team of experts has extensive experience in this field, combining deep footprint analysis skills and experience with knowledge about manufacturing hotspot location around the globe. We can provide you with comprehensive analyses and data-driven recommendations to help you identify the best manufacturing footprint for your business

Our vision on manufacturing footprint

In the current global environment, uncertainty is a given. Geopolitical turmoil, (manufacturing ) technology developments, labor market challenges, tax climate changes to name a few, are drivers for your company to review and optimize its manufacturing footprint. Strategic considerations that should be included in the scope of your manufacturing footprint initiatives are for example:

Can we de-risk our manufacturing footprint through decentralization?
Should we consolidate to maximize economies of scale or should we manufacture close to our customer base in a decentralized footprint?
What will be the impact of new manufacturing technology on our optimal footprint for the future?
How should be balance Make versus Buy strategies?
Are strategies such as near-sourcing, near-shoring, re-shoring, China+1, viable strategies for our company?

A thorough process, with quantitative analysis combined with qualitative and risk analysis, allows you to determine the best footprint solution for your manufacturing operations taking into account business strategy, volume projections and expected external developments.

Johan Beukema

Managing Partner

+31 24 379 0222

johan.beukema@bciglobal.com

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23 January 2026

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12 December 2025

Southeast Asia: The Next Manufacturing Powerhouse?

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12 December 2025

Growing in India: How to structure your domestic supply chains?

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11 December 2025

How to make your European Manufacturing Operations Competitive and Future Proof?

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01 July 2025

Making Informed Choices About Where to Build and Grow Manufacturing Operations

Learn from Johan Beukema about site selection and footprint optimization in a world where these decisions are always important, but recent events are bringing them into sharper focus than ever

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25 June 2025

How and Where to Find the Most Competitive Manufacturing & Distribution Locations in the US/Mexico?

For many companies the US is their largest market, for other companies the US market is of growing importance. Fueled by discussions on import tariffs more and more companies are considering to expand their manufacturing and distribution operations in North America. This presentation shows the differences between States/counties/metro’s in...

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25 June 2025

Roadmap for a Future Proof Value Chain; the Ten Golden Initiatives for Developing and Implementing a Future Proof Value Chain

Nearly all companies have taken short term measures to cope with US import tariffs; the main challenge now is to develop a resilient and future proof value chain. The 90-days reciprocal tariff pause ends at July 8th and will probably urge you to accelerate strategic initiatives to develop and implement a robust global manufacturing footprint and...

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18 December 2024

How to De-Risk Your Global Value Chain in an Uncertain, Geopolitically Risky and Trade Restricting World

With President Trump taking office on January 20th, 2025 one can expect that global trade barriers will rise...

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17 October 2024

Southeast Asia: the next manufacturing powerhouse ?

Southeast Asia is the highest economic growth regions of the world the next years. But how to organize your manufacturing & distribution set-up to take advantage of this large market from a manufacturing and distribution perspective?

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15 October 2024

Expanding your manufacturing and distribution network in India: the next biggest manufacturing destination and largest consumer market?

India is one of the highest economic growth regions of the world the next years. But how to organize your manufacturing & distribution set-up to take advantage of this large market from a manufacturing and distribution perspective?

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17 September 2024

Striking the Supply Chain Balance Between Risk, Cost, and Control

Learn from Pieter de Wit how companies are rethinking their footprint, updating their supply chain networks, and preparing themselves for future growth in a rapidly evolving business landscape

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23 April 2024

Geopolitical Issues Facing Manufacturers Today

Learn from René Buck what geopolitical issues internationally active manufacturers face every day

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Case

High Tech medical device

The company’s management decided to start an initiative in order to ensure the company’s manufacturing operations could keep pace with market growth and secondly, to build a robust, low risk footprint that could support the company for the next 10 years out.

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28 August 2025

Forbes Magazine ranks BCI Global among the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms

For the fourth consecutive year business magazine Forbes has recognized the economic, supply chain and location strategy advisory firm BCI Global (headquarters in the Netherlands) as one of the best consulting firms in the world

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Manufacturing Footprint Optimization: hearing aid manufacturer

Our client, one of the leading manufacturers of hearing aids around the globe, had a historically grown manufacturing network. This network included sites in different parts of the globe and with significant capacity in North America and Europe and a lighter presence in Asia.

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FMCG distribution footprint optimization for growth in the APAC region

Determine the optimal manufacturing and distribution network across the globe for a technology company transforming into a fast-moving goods company with over 1,000 retail outlets across the globe.

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04 December 2024

Coping with Rising Trade Tariffs

Trade restrictions are on the rise all over the world. President Trump will probably give a push to higher import tariffs, provoking retaliation measures of other trading blocs like Europe and Japan.

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