Webinar: Successful Manufacturing Operations in Europe, Middle East & Africa

In Western Europe but also in many regions in Central and Eastern Europe companies face fast increasing salaries, difficulties to retain personnel, high demand for unskilled as well as high skilled workers and restrictions to attract international workers. What are the best strategies to cope with these challenges if your company wants to establish or expand operations in Europe, Middle East & Africa?

The Successful Manufacturing Operations in EMEA webinar focuses on the talent challenges in Europe, as now also Central and Eastern Europe have become challenging environments for finding and retaining the workforce in cost effective locations. What are the best locational alternatives in the European Union, the Balkan and North Africa?

The following specific topics will be covered:

• Labor market shortages in Europe: what, where and why?
• Pros, cons, costs and conditions of different strategies to deal with challenging labor markets
  - successfully retaining and attracting talent
  - automation & robotization
  - footprint optimization
  - new locations for new/ consolidated operations
• What are the best locational alternatives in the EU, the Balkan countries, Eastern Europe, North Africa?
• How to assess the labor market (availability and costs of suitable personnel, hiring and firing regulations, etc.) in regions and cities, where your company is not present yet.

Time slots:

• 4:30 pm CET (Europe)
• 3:30 pm GMT (UK)
• 10:30 am EST (US-East coast)
• 7:30 am PST (US-West coast)

Speaker: Johan Beukema, Partner of BCI Global
Duration: 60 minutes including Q&A
Costs: free of charge

Interested?

Send an email with your request to attend this webinar to nathalie.schouten@bciglobal.com. The audience for this webinar are executives/managers of manufacturing firms. BCI Global will match your request to participate with the intended audience of this webinar. In a confirmation email you will receive more information on the technical details.

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For more information contact Johan Beukema, johan.beukema@bciglobal.com or call at +31-24-3790222.