This issue features a number of important topics, including supply chain management & logistics, plastics and metalworking & fabricating. But there seems to be one theme that continues to find its way into virtually every area, and that has to do with workforce—development, training and availability. One of the biggest concerns and considerations that companies, executives and site selectors need to factor into any decision is how they can conduct their business with their current workforce, how to improve their talent and how to ensure they’ll have the qualified labor needed for the future.
Whether it’s at the crossroads of major highways and rail lines, or along a waterway with easy access to a key port, or close to a major airport for shipping cargo, businesses need easy and consistent access—to materials, to customers, to a qualified labor force and more. These locations offer businesses everything they need to reach their markets. more....