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The U.S. economy is showing increased strength heading into the second half of 2010. A few signs of the recovery include: * Local and state governments nationwide took in more [...]

Few believe the U.S. economy will completely bounce back to solvency and strength in 2010, but there already are signs that a recovery is under way. Corporate earnings are getting [...]

Paul Brennan, CPPO, CPPB, director of purchasing for Rockland County, N.Y., is leading the charge to make the county's Purchasing Division a revenue-generating operation. At the same time, Brennan and [...]

The 2009 Keating Report comes to you amid a backdrop of bailouts and proposed stimulus packages--and unprecedented pressure on the government to resuscitate the nation's critically wounded economy. Regardless of [...]

When she reflects on the June floods that inflicted an estimated $1.3 billion in damage to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, city Purchasing Manager Judy Lehman, CPPB, concludes that 'communications and preparedness [...]

P-cards, collared futures purchases, carefully timed fuel procurements, hedging - these are some of the tactics that public-sector purchasers are using in the face of skyrocketing energy prices. In Naperville, [...]

There will be minimal overall employment growth for the public-sector procurement profession during the next decade. However, the impending retirement of baby boomers in the profession will prompt many agencies [...]

As we move toward the November 2008 elections, public officials and policy analysts are predicting a robust course for government budgets and spending. The ticket to fiscal prosperity may be [...]

WHY ON EARTH SHOULD you, as an out-of-state corporate executive attempting to choose the best location for a future manufacturing facility or outlying branch operation, even care about the relative [...]

As the new year dawns, robust tax revenues and a thriving economy are helping governments balance their budgets and plant the seeds for new spending initiatives. Public officials as well [...]

HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE STILL KEEPING EXECUTIVES awake at night. In fact, healthcare will be the greatest source of cost pressure on companies for the first half of 2007, say more [...]

When the subject of business, education and work force comes up, most of us have a tendency to focus on colleges and universities. That's because the fastest-growing sectors of our [...]

Bob Wydra spends his days overseeing the transition of a former U.S. Army base into an extensive intermodal transportation facility in the heart of America. From his second floor office [...]

BOB WYDRA SPENDS HIS DAYS OVERSEEING THE TRANSItion of a former U.S. Army base into an extensive intermodal transportation facility in the heart of America. From his second floor office [...]

Abstract This paper considers the optimal combination of policies that maximise the opportunities for paid employment while also being acceptable in terms of the income distribution effects. While the official [...]

WHY IN THE WORLD SHOULD a company care about quality of life when trying to select the best location for a future operating facility? After all, with the exception of [...]

FOR THOSE COMPANIES WHOSE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE DEPENDS upon being able to always remain on the cutting edge of technology, being located in a place that is able to supply highly [...]

FOR EDMUND SCHWEITZER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), improving the quality of the math and science education our children receive is absolutely critical to the success of [...]

Since the beginning of time, cities have come and gone based upon their proximity to a major transportation artery. In fact, nothing is quite so important to a region's economy [...]

Since the beginning of time, cities have come and gone based upon their proximity to a major transportation artery. In fact, nothing is quite so important to a region's economy [...]

ON APRIL 1, FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE COMPANY had selected Austin, Texas, for its global headquarters, despite fierce competition from other cities around the world, including Chicago, Phoenix and [...]

THINK OF IT AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR. WITH NO FENCES. AND LIKE a good neighbor, there's nothing you can't ask it to do--like provide a home for your company's expansion [...]

BACK IN 1993, STATA CORP. WAS A SANTA MONICA, CALIF.,-BASED software developer and distributor that faced a problem similar to many companies located in high cost areas. 'We were growing [...]

HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE KEEPING business executives awake at night. According to a recent survey by accountant recruiter Robert Half Management Resources, the biggest concern for corporate executives during the [...]

As 2005 marches in, many government officials are whistling an upbeat tune. A rebounding economy is jazzing up revenues for the public sector, enabling governments to scale budgetary high notes [...]

IF SOCIAL SECURITY IS THE 'THIRD RAIL' OF NATIONAL politics, public education is definitely the 'third rail' of local politics. Nothing can get people all riled up quite like a [...]

at a glance This article ranks the most logistics-friendly cities in the U.S. and establishes criteria for more intelligent site selection. When most people think of Starbucks, they think of [...]

WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF STARBUCKS, THEY THINK OF COFFEE. WITH A diverse product portfolio and thousands of retail locations scattered throughout the world, though, coffee is far from the [...]

IF YOU WERE TO ASK THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICAN WORKERS how they would define quality of life, the top two items on their list would most likely be decent [...]

THINK OF IT AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR--WITH NO FENCES. And like a good neighbor, there's nothing you can't ask it to do, like provide a home for your company's expansion [...]

TRYING TO FIND A NEW LOCATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS where the workers are talented and highly skilled? That was Bell Helicopter's quest back in 1998 when it started to look [...]

Many signs indicate that the U.S. economy is bouncing back toward solvency and strength, aiming to improve everything from consumer spending to 2004 budget numbers for all levels of government. [...]

WHEN HERSHEY FOODS CORP. RECENTLY CHOSE THE GATEWAY Commerce Center in suburban Madison County, Ill., part of the St. Louis metro area, as the site for its new 1.1 million [...]

WHAT MAKES FOR A GREAT LOGISTICS LOCATION? ARE SOME cities better equipped than others to handle your company's distribution needs? If so, why? What is it about those cities that [...]

Executives at manufacturing companies have a new spring to their step as we near the end of the first quarter of 2010.Several national polls of executives show things may be [...]

Poisonous gases often are a daily risk for people who work in many industries, and BW Technologies by Honeywell offers various gas detectors including portable, hand-held instruments as well as [...]

Information technology (IT) is one of the hottest product categories for government entities, and no one is doing brisker IT business at the local and state levels than IBM, Dell [...]

In today's global economy, when a company is exploring possibilities for a future facility location, it is likely to have a list that includes not only U.S. cities, but also [...]

HERE'S A STATISTIC THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T SURPRISE ANYONE WHO HAS EVER been involved in the site location process: Roughly three out of four expanding companies that open up a new [...]

IF YOU'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF Canada as a viable expansion option, perhaps it's time you take a look at our northern neighbor. In Canada Ratings 2006, Expansion Management's Research Department [...]

Thanks to a national economy that is regaining strength and stability, budgets at all levels of government should rise to a more robust and healthy stature during 2006. One positive [...]

For the past five years, Expansion Management magazine and Logistics Today have combined to produce an annual ranking of the most logistics-friendly cities in the U.S. This study looks at [...]

THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR producers of new or advanced technology. After shrinking for two years, high-tech exports are slowly starting to grow again, the U.S. Census Bureau [...]