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A deeper dive into Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Part 1

November 29, 2016
In our last column, we discussed how “total cost of ownership” (TCO) could reveal the hidden costs of offshoring and quantify the real profit and loss impact of reshoring or offshoring. Now, we will take an in-depth look at the free online Total Cost …
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In need of technical education

November 29, 2016
We need to be somewhere in the middle,” he said. Lucio said manufacturing jobs will be there for the taking as many companies begin “reshoring” plants from Asia back to North America due to financial advantages here. But, he said, for the Valley to …
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Can Trump – or Anyone – Bring Back American Manufacturing?

November 29, 2016
And then there is the question of the unintended consequences that come when jobs are brought back. “GE Appliances invested a billion dollars to reshore a few years ago; they brought [production] back to Kentucky and negotiated with the unions and had …
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Will campaign promises lead to reshoring?

November 29, 2016
One of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s main pledges on the campaign trail was to bring jobs back to the U.S. In a video-taped speech last week, Trump vowed on day one of his presidency to issue a notification of intent to withdraw from the 12-nation …
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Picking Losers Isn’t a Great Industrial Policy

November 29, 2016
This and other factors — such as rising protectionist sentiment around the world and increased attention to the risks inherent in globe-spanning supply chains — have led to talk of a “reshoring” wave that could bring manufacturing activity back to the …
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(What’s Left of) Our Economy: The Case for Trump’s Carrier Jobs Policy

November 29, 2016
As I’ve explained repeatedly, even with America’s remaining and often considerable productivity edge in most sectors of advanced manufacturing, tax-focused policies suffered too many shortcomings to prove an effective tool for reshoring, or persuading …
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Start Up: curved iPhones?, smartphone sales struggle, Pixels perform, Valley’s empathy miss, and more

November 29, 2016
“These diverging lines—which reflect the sector’s improved productivity—highlight a huge problem with Trump’s promises to help workers by reshoring millions of manufacturing jobs [by renegotiating trade deals],” Muro argues. “America is …
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The Politics of Dressing the First Lady

November 28, 2016
Imagine what will be said of Melania’s choices, someone whose role as First Lady will come as a result of a campaign that used the word “manufacturing” like a dog whistle while her husband refrained from reshoring the manufacturing of his own …
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How Real Is The Risk Of 3D Printed Guns In Australia?

November 28, 2016
This could certainly raise alarm and hint at a new era of disorganised and decentralised weapons production, and a burgeoning “reshoring” of weapon manufacturing as an alternative to importation from overseas. But the fact is that 3D printing …
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Robots Threaten Two-Thirds of Developing Country Jobs

November 28, 2016
The increased use of robots threatens millions of jobs in developing countries, by undermining the advantage of low wages and facilitating the reshoring of industries back to industrialized countries, according to a new policy brief from the United Nations …
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