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Outsourcing Risks Drive American Businesses to Reshore IT Services

July 29, 2017
At some point or another, most of us have called tech support and received assistance from an agent who was thousands of miles away in a different country. Outsourcing IT services to countries with cheaper labor forces became commonplace over the past …
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In China, Designer Goods Delivered to Your Doorstep

July 29, 2017
This so-called reshoring has caught the attention of Chinese e-commerce companies, causing major players like Alibaba and JD.com, as well as smaller luxury-focused companies like Secoo and Xiu, to invest aggressively in the luxury sphere. “Mass market …
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For The Record

July 29, 2017
Harry D. Wilson to Evergreen Reclamation Co. Inc., property … John Fantini to Wilson Martinez III and Stacey Ula Webb, property in Mount Carmel, $1,000. Ronald Moser and Debra A. Moser to DM & RM LL…
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Amazon and Foxconn Reflect ‘Deliver It Now’ Trend

July 28, 2017
But America has been regaining some of its competitive edge. The Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit set up to restore American factory jobs, says that last year, for the first time in decades, the number of manufacturing jobs created by U.S. companies that …
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Made in the USA — by robots

July 27, 2017
The not-for-profit Reshoring Initiative offers a cost estimator to help corporations calculate the real P&L impact of reshoring or offshoring. Sandy Montalbano D’Amico, Consultant to the Reshoring Initiative, tells ZDNet that companies like Nike and Adidas …
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Alliance for American Manufacturing : At MForesight Summit, Visions of the Factories of the Future

July 27, 2017
Among the speakers convened were Harry Moser, a manufacturing expert and founder of the Reshoring Initiative; Justin Fishkin, a business leader and chief strategist of Local Motors; and Rep. Tom Reed, (R-NY). The insights from three different perspectives …
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Made in the USA — by robots – ZDNet

July 27, 2017
Made in the USA — by robots  ZDNet

Robotic sewing machines help bring clothing manufacturing back to the US.

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Apple of Discord: Trump’s Comments on US Plants Render Investors Sceptical

July 27, 2017
However, this is perhaps not the scale of reshoring of the US manufacturing Trump is expecting. All in all, a US-made iPhones would not necessarily be more expensive than what they are now, as higher labour and regulation costs might be somewhat offset by …
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Deliver it now: Foxconn, Amazon reflect trend to be nearer customer base

July 26, 2017
But America has been regaining some of its competitive edge. The Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit set up to restore American factory jobs, says that last year, for the first time in decades, the number of manufacturing jobs created by U.S. companies that …
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China’s Robot Revolution

July 26, 2017
The practice, known as reshoring, has been driven by a variety of factors including rising offshore labor rates and the hidden costs of offshore manufacturing such as longer delivery cycles, weak quality control, time zone differences, intellectual …
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