The Viability of Reshoring Manufacturing to the US – Manufacturing.net

December 4, 2018
The Viability of Reshoring Manufacturing to the US  Manufacturing.net

Understanding the 360-degree view of your fully-loaded production costs is the first step to evaluating whether reshoring your manufacturing is going to net out.

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Rockwell Automation Joins Initiative to Bring OPC UA to Field-Level Devices – ThomasNet News

December 3, 2018
Rockwell Automation Joins Initiative to Bring OPC UA to Field-Level Devices  ThomasNet News

MILWAUKEE, November 29, 2018 — Rockwell Automation is joining an OPC Foundation initiative to extend the OPC UA protocol to field-level industrial …

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Benefits for Queensland of the new robot economy: Report

December 2, 2018
It finds that potential benefits from robotics and automation, particularly for productivity improvements, new jobs, and enabling former Queensland-based companies to reshore operations, are “substant…
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Is Trump’s trade war bringing jobs back to the US? It’s hard to tell

November 30, 2018
the President tweeted this week. Is that really true? Well, maybe. But it’s hard to tell definitively, because it turns out that offshoring — and “reshoring,” as the opposite effect of bringing jobs b…
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Has Trump stopped offshoring? It’s hard to tell.

November 30, 2018
is booming!,” the President tweeted this week. Is that really true? Well, maybe. But it’s hard to tell definitively, because it turns out thatoffshoring— and “reshoring,” as the opposite effect of bri…
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Low digitisation to stunt Kenya’s competitiveness

November 29, 2018
Kenya’s global competitiveness is likely to be affected in a decades time due to reshoring of manufacturing tasks from labour intensive region to a capital intensive region. This means that in 10-20 y…
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If there is no Trump-Xi Deal, This is How Trade Tariffs Impact China Compared with India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam

November 28, 2018
They will not “reshore” to the US either, as production costs are too high. Instead, they will decamp elsewhere in Asia, and to countries with a strong manufacturing base not facing increasing America…
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The Apple Recession

November 27, 2018
In addition to forcing China to trade fairly, Trump is trying to use tariffs to, um, encourage American companies to bring their manufacturing back to the U.S. If you don’t think about it too much, ge…
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Reshoring Institute’s Sewn Products Reshoring Award is Now Accepting Applications

November 27, 2018
Bringing manufacturing back to the USA benefits not only local economies and workers, but it also shortens supply chains, and increases control over production. However, it’s not enough to simply hope …
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Majority of Korean companies have no plans on reshoring – Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea – Pulse News

November 27, 2018
Majority of Korean companies have no plans on reshoring – Pulse by Maeil Business News Korea  Pulse News

Most South Korean firms that have sent their manufacturing work overseas have no plans on returning, a survey found. A study commissioned by Korea …

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