Manufacturing & Distribution | National Practice

Manufacturing & Distribution | National Practice

Helping you manage your business from multiple perspectives

CBIZ helps more than 5,000 manufacturers and distributors maintain optimal operational and financial performance through periods of both disruption and stability. Applying a consultative approach tailored to company size and structure, we provide guidance on multiple levels — from navigating a changing business climate to turning industry trends into opportunities for business growth.

Our extensive experience in the sector and unique range of services provide the professional support you can depend on to help you develop and retain your staff, best serve your customers, manage new risks in a digital and global economy, and make informed decisions no matter where you are in your business’ lifecycle. 

Financial Services

Capitalize on your operational and financial strategies

CBIZ’s industry-experienced financial professionals take an advocacy approach to help clients develop strategies for business sustainability, maximize business growth and tax planning opportunities, and assist with accounting and reporting functions. Our valuation and deal advisory teams offer you expertise and advocacy when transactions are included in your plans for growth or succession.

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Risk Solutions

Safeguard your workplace, tighten operations and build sustainability

As the industry accelerates adoption of technology and digital operations to streamline production and supply chain management, opportunities increase — but so does risk. CBIZ risk advisory professionals help you identify and manage your internal risk environment with internal audit and cyber consulting. CBIZ insurance professionals help you mitigate the impact of standard business hazards and growing concerns, such as climate and cyber threats, with comprehensive programs of risk transfer.

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Employee Solutions

Attract, engage and retain your workforce and management

CBIZ helps you attract, retain, support, engage and manage your entire workforce with efficiency and an eye on cost. We help you build a benefits strategy that balances skyrocketing health care costs, changing compliance mandates and evolving HR administration with the changing needs and expectations of a generationally and geographically diverse workforce. We provide retirement plan design and investment advisory solutions as well as a human capital management (HCM) solution that brings your entire employee lifecycle into a single solution. And, of course, our executive search professionals know how to attract and recruit the best talent in the market for your company’s key roles and functional disciplines.

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In today’s rapidly evolving global market, manufacturers face complex challenges, ranging from shifting supply chains and sudden changes in demand to increasing cost pressures and market uncertainties. For manufacturing and distribution leaders, data-driven decision-making is no longer a “nice to have.” It’s critical for maintaining a company’s competitiveness, resilience and growth.

The manufacturing and distribution industry is in the midst of a dramatic transition. Over the next 15 years, roughly 125,000 family-owned manufacturing businesses will change owners as the Boomer generation retires. For business owners, mapping out an exit plan at least five to 10 years in advance is critical, whether it’s a generational transfer of ownership or a sale. So, where do you start? There are three basic phases to exit planning.