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‘Manufacturing returning to UK’ says Skymark

October 15, 2017
Last year’s Brexit vote has fuelled the trend of UK companies trading from British shores, in what is known as ‘reshoring’. The move is being put down to a weak pound that in turn has increased the cost of imported materials and goods. Paul Neath …
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Reduce Lead Time in Your Global Supply Chain with Lean Thinking

October 10, 2017
Short-term capacity issues at your suppliers. • Poor communication and errors. Unlike geography, which you can do nothing about (unless you reshore the product), all these other factors are controllable. In other words, the majority of the lead time from …
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September 2017 Digital Issue: Plastic bearings step up to the plate + more

October 10, 2017
Some recent commentary from the Reshoring Initiative’s president, Harry Moser and John Stoneback, president of Fairport Harbor, Ohio-based JM Performance Products brought some of these issues into focus. The key driving variable to offshore was low labor …
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US Manufacturing | The Reshoring Is Real, The Jobs Are Not | In the News

October 9, 2017
As costs rise in developing countries, and automation eliminates the most mindless tasks, some manufacturing and service businesses are going home—but with greatly reduced labor needs. A different equation pertains to reshoring decisions on white-collar …
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MEMA Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association : Third MEMA Policy Breakfast to Focus on NAFTA in Midst of Renegotiation Talks

October 9, 2017
The October 12 Policy Breakfast will take a deep dive into some of the challenges of renegotiating or modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), including rules of origin, sourcing materials and reshoring jobs, and other aspects of the …
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Immersion programme

October 9, 2017
There was another discussion on ‘Globalization of Business Services’ and how decisions of offshoring, nearshoring, onshoring and reshoring are affecting the outsourcing industry globally. During the industrial visits, the students had the opportunity …
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AM UK National Strategy: Britain aims to survive Brexit by becoming global 3D printing leader

October 9, 2017
“It has already supported research into AM with over £200 million ($264 million) of funding over the last five years—a vital investment which will help us to reshore services that have already disappeared overseas.” There are, however, particular …
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Wanderlust drives travel boom

October 8, 2017
Shopping dropped eight percentage points of total spending share since 2015. This is partly due to the broader “reshoring” of luxury sales back to the People’s Republic, where Louis Vuitton bags and other items often retail for far more than in Paris …
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From Boats to Tires: Global Manufacturing is Thriving in Charleston, South Carolina

October 8, 2017
This two-day visit to the Charleston region confirmed what Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative has been telling me about the increase of manufacturing jobs from foreign direct investment. The favorable business climate, low state taxes, developable …
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Wanderlust, not shopping, drives China tourism 2.0

October 7, 2017
Shopping dropped 8 percentage points of total spending share since 2015. This is partly due to of the broader “reshoring” of luxury sales back to the People’s Republic, where Louis Vuitton bags and other items often retail for far more than in Paris …
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