Robots Could Replace Two-Thirds of all Workers in the Developing World: UN

February 27, 2017
With the low labour cost advantage severed, firms no longer have an incentive to invest in the developing countries, and thus “reshore” or relocate to the developed countries that usually offer a more favourable investment climate. This is already …
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The Ordinary Magic of the 21st Century Supply Chain

February 27, 2017
The catch, however, is that the reshoring trend is unlikely to lead to a surge in manufacturing employment. “Whenever people say: ‘We are going to bring manufacturing back,’ I say: ‘Yes, but robots and 3-D printing will run the show, and you hardly …
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Reshoring Institute Announces State Economic Profiles

February 26, 2017
Reshoring Institute announces 10 State Economic Profiles: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Minn, Missouri, New Mexico, N.Carolina, S. Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin. These profiles provide information useful to companies determining the most suitable locations …
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Will Trump trigger local job growth?

February 25, 2017
“We’ve seen some instances of jobs coming back — they call it reshoring,” Tucker said while adding a word of caution concerning the outlook for Surry County. “We may see some of that,” the EDP president said of jobs returning. “But thousands …
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Bringing Manufacturing Back to America

February 23, 2017
The stated aim of the CFRM is to help manufacturers with a variety of issues, including reshoring, global manufacturing, site selection, project financing, domestic and international taxes, import/export and supply chain and technology services.
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Samsung Aims at Building 1,000 Smart Factories by 2017

February 23, 2017
The Korean government has launched the “2014 manufacturing innovation 3.0” project to help the domestic manufacturing industry secure competitiveness to effectively cope with advanced countries’ manufacturing reshoring and newly emerging countries’ rapid …
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WFSGI, Bike Europe to hold conference in June

February 22, 2017
It will also examine whether reshoring is viable as the need for speed to market also changes production. Organizers are inviting managers and decision makers of bicycle and e-bike manufacturers in Europe, the U.S. and Asia; purchasing, procurement …
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Baker Tilly Establishes Center for the Return of Manufacturing (CFRM)

February 22, 2017
Those issues include reshoring, global manufacturing, site selection, project financing, domestic and international tax, import/export and supply chain and technology services in addition to ongoing industry insight and tax reform updates. “The CFRM will …
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2016 Industrial Momentum Lays the Groundwork for 2017

February 22, 2017
With “reshoring” on the rise due to consumer habits and anticipated government policies, industrial real estate with a manufacturing component will likely see increased demand in the coming year. Flex space will continue to be a star for both investors …
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State leaders recognize the opportunity of California manufacturing

February 22, 2017
California will compete with other states to attract its fair share of these highly valued jobs and the new investments that generate them as new industries develop and some jobs ‘reshore’ from overseas. There are hopeful signs that we could make this …
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