Staff Report

The 2016 Manufacturing and Logistics Report, prepared by Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) for Conexus Indiana, the state’s advanced manufacturing initiative, shows how each state ranks among its peers in several areas of the economy that underlie the success of manufacturing and logistics.
https://www.newberryobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/web1_SouthCarolina.jpgThe 2016 Manufacturing and Logistics Report, prepared by Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) for Conexus Indiana, the state’s advanced manufacturing initiative, shows how each state ranks among its peers in several areas of the economy that underlie the success of manufacturing and logistics. Courtesy graphic

NEWBERRY COUNTY — South Carolina has received an A for manufacturing and a C- logistics, according to a new report from Ball State University.

The 2016 Manufacturing and Logistics Report, prepared by Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) for Conexus Indiana, the state’s advanced manufacturing initiative, shows how each state ranks among its peers in several areas of the economy that underlie the success of manufacturing and logistics.

The state’s grades were A for Manufacturing; C- for Logistics; D- for Human Capital; D for Worker Benefit Costs; C- for Tax Climate; B for Expected Liability Gap; A for Global Reach; B for Sector Diversification; and C for Productivity and Innovation.

CBER director Michael Hicks also provides an analysis of why the American’ advanced manufacturing sector is being transformed as the nation shifts toward more diversified industries and needs a more educated workforce in the companion study Advanced Manufacturing in the United States.

Advanced manufacturing is defined by the Brookings Institution as an industry sector with high levels of STEM-related occupations and research and development investment. Using Brookings Institution’s definition, CBER looked at each state’s advanced manufacturing employment as a share of total manufacturing employment in 2013.

Data shows that nationally STEM (science, technology, engineering and Mathematics) and white-collar jobs are growing in the advanced manufacturing sector, while blue-collar occupations have declined.

Both report are available at http://conexus.cberdata.org/