UK BPS Market Trends & Forecasts 2017

August 28, 2017
Growth is slowing considerably due to the impacts of Automation, Digital and the resulting reshoring, insourcing and shift to hybrid as-a-service models. Brexit adds to the uncertainty we are now seeing across the UK BPS market, and is currently having a …
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$250M LG appliance factory breaks ground in TN

August 28, 2017
One of those countries, China, has been behind 60% of the investment that brought manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. between 2010 and 2016, according to the Reshoring Initiative, which supports local goods production. Canada, too, has invested in the U.S …
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Plante Moran and the Reshoring Initiative Announce U.S. Manufacturing Reshoring Study

August 27, 2017
A 50-year manufacturing industry veteran and retired president of GF AgieCharmilles, Harry Moser founded the Reshoring Initiative to move lost jobs back to the U.S. For his efforts with the Reshoring Initiative, he was named to Industry Week magazine’s …
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SCMR Readers Asked to Help Identify Needed National Policy Changes

August 27, 2017
Plante Moran and the Reshoring Initiative will jointly launch the pivotal U.S. Manufacturing Reshoring Study. Both organizations encourage businesses to participate in the study’s survey. Responses wi…
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Survey to Help Identify Policy Changes Needed to Boost Reshoring – Assembly Magazine

August 27, 2017
Survey to Help Identify Policy Changes Needed to Boost Reshoring  Assembly Magazine

KILDEER, IL—Plante Moran and the Reshoring Initiative are jointly conducting a national survey to provide insights into how much manufacturers offshore, what …

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Rising use of industrial robots in China will revolutionize global production chain

August 26, 2017
Chinese companies that mainly focus on the domestic market may reshore jobs to China. But the impact on emerging markets could be limited if most Chinese manufacturers are highly globalized by that point. In the era of automated manufacturing, highly …
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Executive Q&A: Sikich on how Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations enables manufacturers to “reshore” smoothly

August 24, 2017
In 2016, the number of manufacturing jobs gained in the US through re-shoring (companies bringing back positions from outside the country) exceeded those lost to offshoring by about 25,000. That’s according to information from The Reshoring Initiative, a …
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The Return of American Manufacturing Jobs: A Progress Report

August 23, 2017
Now the group is determined to bring those jobs back. On this episode, we get a report on the initiative’s efforts from founder and president Harry Moser. He returns to the podcast to chart the progress of reshoring over the last couple of years.
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PA Sen. Urges Debt-Funded Infrastructure During Meeting With Volvo Workers

August 23, 2017
According to the Reshoring Initiative, an advocacy group, 2016 was the first year in which more manufacturing jobs came back to the U.S. than left, with improved automation putting manufacturing output at all-time highs. One of the main obstacles to taking …
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Brands say UK reshoring hindered by poor factory conditions

August 23, 2017
Bosses at fashion retailers Asos and New Look have called on British factories to improve worker safety so they can consider sourcing more clothing in the country rather than offshore. just-style gives you the widest apparel and textile market coverage.
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