Making Informed Choices About Where to Build and Grow Manufacturing Operations — A Conversation with Johan Beukema of BCI Global

The bluEPrint by Executive Platforms

At the 2025 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Johan Beukema of BCI Global to have a conversation about site selection and footprint optimization in a world where these decisions are always important, but recent events are bringing them into sharper focus than ever.

We have had the pleasure of speaking with the experts at BCI Global at many Executive Platforms’ events over the years. In this episode we talk about which questions are always important, and also what is new and changing in this space. What do senior executives need to know when they make decisions about where their businesses are going to operate? What does good advice look like, and how do you get a well-rounded, multi-faceted understanding of all the factors and variables you need to make an informed decision? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

Johan Beukema
Managing Partner
BCI Global

Johan Beukema is Managing Partner at BCI Global, leading the global manufacturing footprint optimization and location & site selection practice. He has a degree in International Business at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Johan started at BCI Global in 1999 and has since then supported hundreds of companies in their manufacturing, supply chain and location projects across the globe, including North and South America, EMEA and the full Asia region. He has a very strong experience base in different industries with references such as e.g. (sample only) J&J, IKEA, Novo Nordisk, Olympus, ThermoFisher, Insulet, Abbott, Silgan Closures, Pepsico, Mondelez, Yanmar, Cisco, Starkey, ExxonMobil, Navico Group, Elring Klinger, Mann + Hummel, Bausch & Lomb, and many others. He is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars and he is a Member of the global Site Selectors Guild.

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BCI Global is a recognized global consulting leader in developing manufacturing footprint and distribution network strategies and location strategy & site selection consulting for production plants, distribution centers, engineering/software hubs in US, Mexico, LATAM, Europe, China and Asia. BCI has teams and offices in Atlanta, Bay Area, Los Angeles, Dallas; in Europe in the Netherlands and Frankfurt; and in Asia in Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei and India Clients acknowledge BCI’s combination of strategic thinking and operations focused action plans; its independent, result oriented and co-operative attitude; and its tailor-made, cost effective approach.