MUNCIE, Indiana – Texas receives a C for manufacturing and A for logistics, says annual report from Ball State University.

The 2019 Manufacturing Scorecard from Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) analyzes how each state ranks among its peers in several areas of the economy that underlie the success of manufacturing and logistics.

These specific measures include: manufacturing and logistics industry health, human capital, cost of worker benefits, diversification of the industries, state-level productivity and innovation, expected fiscal liability, tax climate, and global reach.

Texas improved from "D" to "D+" in its Tax Climate and maintained its grade of "A" in Logistics and Global Position, "B+" in Liability Gap, "C+" in Diversification, and "C" in Manufacturing. Texas declined from "B" to "B-" in its Benefits Costs, " B-" to "C+" in its Productivity and Innovation, and "C-" to "D+" in its Human Capital.

Visit the Manufacturing Scorecard project website to view the performance history for each state and an archive of past reports with insight into the manufacturing industry: mfgscorecard.cberdata.org