Szatan & Associates

Site Selection Consulting Services

• Issue identification, location criteria clarification and consensus building
• Relocation and expansion feasibility analysis
• National and international community screening and selection
• Detailed final community and site specific evaluation including interviews with employers, training representatives and public officials
• Facility consolidation analysis
• Labor market analysis
• Financial modeling of one-time investment and ongoing operating costs: labor, real estate, utilities, taxes and others
• Evaluating operating conditions: general and specialized labor availability and quality, telecommunications and transportation, sites and buildings, business services and training programs
• Reviewing quality of life factors
• Incentive negotiation

Szatan & Associates has helped clients evaluate:

• We need to add capacity, where should we expand?
• Should we expand in place or consider a new location? Should a new location be nearby or distant?
• Will the local labor market support our growth and hiring plans?
• Should we relocate an existing facility? What are the one-time costs and business risks and ongoing benefits and costs?
• Where are the best communities for attracting the scientific talent we need?
• Where should we consolidate existing locations and facilities?
• We are realigning facilities after a merger or acquisition; which locations should we keep?

We have worked on site selection issues for: headquarters, customer service and shared services centers, research and development facilities, manufacturing plants, distribution centers and other facilities.