In January 2018, Clark Nuber PS and the Leading Edge Global Alliance (LEA) released its 2018 National Manufacturing Outlook and Insights Survey.  LEA, of which Clark Nuber is a founding member, is the second largest international association of CPA Firms in the world, creating a high-quality alliance of 220 firms focused on accounting, financial and business advisory services.

In an effort to better understand the outlook manufacturers have for 2018, the challenges they face, and the strategies they believe will be most effective, the public accounting firms of the Leading Edge Alliance conducted a survey of member firms’ manufacturing clients and prospects.The survey polled more than 450 manufacturing executives across the country. The median revenue ranged between $10M and $50M, and median number of employees ranged from 50 to 99.  Read the Survey.