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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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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Forbes Magazine recognizes BCI Global as one of the best consulting firms in the world 2024

The renowned international business magazine Forbes Magazine has announced that also this year the economic, logistics and location consulting firm BCI Global is one of the best consulting firms in the world.

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9th Annual Manufacturing Excellence - Towards The Next Industrial Revolution

Speakers from international institutions, significant manufacturers, solution providers, and governmental organizations will be invited to the three-day conference to share their perspectives on trends affecting the future of manufacturing globally

April 7-10, 2025
Logipharma - The World’s Leading Life Sciences Supply Chain Event

Building the Pharma and MedTech Supply Chains of the Future. Celebrating 25 Years as the voice of the industry

April 8-10, 2025
North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit

The North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit is a premier 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 14-16, 2025
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Johan Beukema
Managing Partner
+31 24 379 0222
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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.

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Johan Beukema
Managing Partner
+31 24 379 0222
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How to De-Risk Your Global Value Chain in an Uncertain, Geopolitically Risky and Trade Restricting World

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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Southeast Asia: the next manufacturing powerhouse ?

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

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

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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Geopolitical Issues Facing Manufacturers Today

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
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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Manufacturing Footprint Optimization: hearing aid manufacturer
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
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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News
Coping with Rising Trade Tariffs

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.
Read full article
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Semicon Investments Surge

04 December 2024

Semicon Investments Surge
Demand for chips will undoubtedly accelerate in the future. But how to guarantee risk-free supply? And what does that mean for the strategy of individual semiconductor companies?
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Forbes Magazine recognizes BCI Global as one of the best consulting firms in the world 2024

28 November 2024

Forbes Magazine recognizes BCI Global as one of the best consulting firms in the world 2024
The renowned international business magazine Forbes Magazine has announced that also this year the economic, logistics and location consulting firm BCI Global is one of the best consulting firms in the world.
Read full article