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Has US Manufacturing Been Unleashed?

February 1, 2018
He believes lowered tax rates will have “a bigger impact than a lot of people realize,” but he cautions that decisions to build new plants in the U.S. or reshore operations won’t materialize overnight. Shih also said that a decision to bring more …
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Raising the Alarm for US Manufacturing

February 1, 2018
She says if company leaders used Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), as advocated by the Reshoring Initiative, to fully assess the costs of foreign versus domestic production, they would bring back manufacturing to the U.S. in a volume that would add millions …
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Rootstock looks forward with Kenandy

February 1, 2018
As companies look to reshore, they will also need to replace or even repurchase manufacturing solutions that were mothballed and not fit for a modern manufacturing company. Ironically this might impact another industry sector that Rootstock is active in …
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‘Growth Momentum’ Poised to Continue

February 1, 2018
U.S. manufacturing is responding by looking at new strategies—mechanization and automation, reshoring, etc.—to remain competitive. PT: What key indicators should plastics processors be tracking as they attempt to forecast their business in 2018 and beyond?
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More growth predicted for US stock market

January 31, 2018
Nevertheless, the pool of emerging market labour, combined with technology — customer relationship management, logistics (shipping quickly) and outsourcing/reshoring — meant that despite the tight labour market, companies could continue to hire (and …
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Trump Has Manufacturing All Wrong — And So Do The Rest Of Us

January 30, 2018
The Reshoring Initiative has a Total Cost of Ownership estimator to help companies make informed decisions. Considering all costs—shipping costs, shipping time, inventory, quality costs, travel, current fluctuations, intellectual property risks …
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How Could We Stop Chinese Investors from Buying US Companies?

January 30, 2018
I was horrified when this happened because I had used GE’s reshoring of a water heater as the headline case study in my reshoring presentations, and I had visited the GE new product design center in Louisville in the fall of 2015. I had been delighted to …
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US Manufacturing: Resurgence Sparks Dramatic Change – Inbound Logistics

January 30, 2018
US Manufacturing: Resurgence Sparks Dramatic Change  Inbound Logistics

With one in every six jobs now tied to manufacturing, American-made products are making a profound comeback in today’s progressive U.S. economy. Known …

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Trump Has Manufacturing All Wrong — And So Do The Rest Of Us – Forbes Now

January 30, 2018
Trump Has Manufacturing All Wrong — And So Do The Rest Of Us  Forbes Now

The President’s State of the Union address reflected a desire to bring manufacturing back. But these efforts may be misguided. Here are 8 myths about …

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Your Chance to Affect Policy Change

January 28, 2018
Survey responses will provide insights into how much manufacturers offshore, what drives them to do so and what U.S. policy changes could motivate them to reshore. According to the Reshoring Initiative, more manufacturing jobs are returning to the United …
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