{"id":1004182273,"date":"2017-06-28T05:10:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T13:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004182273"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:52:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:52:11","slug":"workforce-trumps-location-in-industrial-site-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/workforce-trumps-location-in-industrial-site-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Workforce Trumps Location in Industrial Site Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004182293\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/workforce-trumps-location-in-industrial-site-selection\/manufacturing-stock-photo-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 1200D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1490267338&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Manufacturing Stock Photo 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-1.jpg?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004182293 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Manufacturing Stock Photo 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-1.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-1.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Priorities have changed for industrial property users in search of manufacturing space, according to a new white paper by CoreNet Global. Access to the proper workforce has moved to the top of the list for these tenants, knocking the location factor out of first place. The title of the paper says it all: <em>Manufacturing Location Strategy: Workforce Drives Decision When Selecting U.S. Sites<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou can have all the infrastructure in place, the perfect building and the perfect site. But if you don\u2019t have the workforce to support that business unit long-term, then the investment cannot be made at that site<\/em>,\u201d Del Boyette, president &amp; CEO of consulting firm Boyette Strategic Advisors,\u201d is quoted as saying in the paper.<\/p>\n<p>The workforce numbers simply have not been keeping up with demand. As noted in the paper, while manufacturing output has been on a sustained upswing, manufacturing employment has increased at a far slower pace. The discrepancy between the growth rate can be partially attributed to technology and automation. Closing the gap will continue to be a challenge, as today\u2019s manufacturing positions call for a higher level of skilled labor than previously required, but high school students are not being trained to enter the manufacturing industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where the workers are, or aren\u2019t<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004182296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/workforce-trumps-location-in-industrial-site-selection\/manufacturing-stock-photo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Manufacturing Stock Photo 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-2.jpg?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1004182296 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Manufacturing Stock Photo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-2.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/Manufacturing-Stock-Photo-2.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The skilled workforce that has grown vital to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wanhua-picks-louisiana-for-1-2b-manufacturing-facility\/\">manufacturing industry<\/a> is limited, so if the workforce doesn\u2019t come to the manufacturer, the manufacture has to consider going to the workforce\u2014and the workforce is increasingly comprised of Millennials. This demographic, however, has its own workplace preferences\u2014like transit-oriented locations and open environments\u2014and site selectors are taking those tastes into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the workforce numbers aren\u2019t adding up, and changes in certain federal policies could further exacerbate the shortage. Per the report, <em>\u201cIt remains to be seen whether any potential changes ahead for NAFTA might steer more location decisions away from Mexico and towards the U.S. However, the broad concern from the manufacturing community is where the workforce would come from to fill the increased demand for U.S. manufacturing jobs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access to skilled employees has moved to the top of the list for manufacturing tenants looking for space, knocking the location factor out of first place, according to the latest CoreNet report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":969,"featured_media":1004182293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,21808,21748,23891,21742],"tags":[36451,36450,36452],"class_list":["post-1004182273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-featured","category-industrial","category-national","category-latest","tag-boyette-strategic-advisors","tag-corenet-global","tag-nafta"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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