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Site Selection Shift: Cost Is Out, Resilience Is In

FreightWaves Trade press Published 21st September 2026 Global, US

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What the source reported

Source-reported

<p>Site selection is changing fast: resilience is beating pure low-cost analysis. DiDi Caldwell, CEO of Global Location Strategies, breaks down how manufacturers are weighing energy, labor, logistics, tariffs, border risk and community pushback when deciding where to put new capacity. She also explains why companies are delaying irreversible bets, why North America has an edge, [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/site-selection-shift-cost-is-out-resilience-is-in">Site Selection Shift: Cost Is Out, Resilience Is In</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com">FreightWaves</a>.</p>

Publication
FreightWaves · Trade Publication
Published
21st September 2026
Original report
freightwaves.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
Global, US
Organisations
None identified
Collected
21st September 2026 · 23:12

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (35.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (30.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (25.5/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth