Schneider Strategy Consulting helps clients locate operations in the right place, aligning business strategy with business geography.

Over the past three decades, Phil has conducted nearly 400 location engagements around the world, across industries and corporate functions, including heavy manufacturing, processing, high technology, headquarters, R&D, call centers, data centers, and shared services. For his corporate clients, Phil:

• Develops corporate location strategy and selection decision processes


• Screens and analyzes countries, states, and cities to identify locations; meeting specific company and project criteria


• Conducts field validation and due diligence to inspect sites, labor markets, infrastructure, support services, living conditions, and other business conditions and costs


• Develops operating cost and business conditions benchmarking models


• Creates negotiation strategy and leads negotiations for government incentives and real estate acquisition.

Phil has also conducted dozens of economic development and investment promotion strategy engagements for countries, states/provinces, cities, chambers of commerce, and utilities.  For economic development and investment promotion clients, Phil:

• Conducts competitive location assessments from the perspective of expanding or relocating businesses


• Models and compares competitor locations across business costs and conditions, identifying both key market advantages and gaps


• Develops and manages certified site programs


• Develops strategies for workforce development, business retention and attraction, target market identification and promotion, placed-based economic development, and incentives programs.