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How Digitalization Will Change Outsourcing Strategies

July 13, 2016
T. Kearney claims that we might soon see the end of offshoring as we know it. In an increasingly competitive world, the critical decision to offshore, nearshore, or reshore parts of the business may very well continue to be disruptive. But this time …
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New management for CMG

July 10, 2016
not least from reshoring.”
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President of 9to5 Seating, Dara Mir, Receives EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 Award

July 10, 2016
In a major reshoring effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States, 9to5 Seating recently opened its 3 rd manufacturing facility in Union City, Tenn. The knowhow and the hard work ethic of the American work force brings the products closer …
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Jobs with the highest risk of getting automated in ASEAN

July 9, 2016
In ASEAN robotic automation forms the biggest threat to workers. Sewbots can enable production reshoring with the United States seeing immediate savings from them if purchased in 2016 (savings of US$180,000 can be seen over 5 years). Significant …
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Wal-Mart makes progress on ‘Made-in-America’ vow

July 8, 2016
Add it all up, Harry Moser said, and the United States now is roughly breaking even — domestic manufacturers still are moving jobs to other countries, but the jobs gained from reshoring and foreign investment here roughly offset the losses. That …
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Made in America is a very big deal | Brunell

July 7, 2016
They are largely rooted in our nation’s anemic job creation over the last decade. A “Reshoring Institute” launched in 2014 at the University of San Diego (USD) is providing research and support for companies trying to bring manufacturing and services back …
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New Technologies Could Aid U.S., Europe Production

July 7, 2016
“If the total cost of using sewbots proves more economical than sourcing from offshore countries, with direct savings accumulated in shipping and duty, and wider benefits of reduced reputational risk, a strong case can be made for reshoring garment …
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Norma Rae Meets Her Match

July 6, 2016
Partisan groups that rally for reshoring cite that 67,000 manufacturing jobs were created in 2015 compared to 12,000 in 2003. While these figures don’t lie, they tell only part of the story. No doubt, labor and transportation costs have risen in some …
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Supply Chain by the Numbers

July 6, 2016
We keep waiting for the US reshoring wave to show up in the numbers. $1.5 Billion That’s what industrial giant Honeywell is paying to acquire Intelligrated, in the second major deal in the US materials handling sector in a week. Just a few days before …
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Industry 4.0 and Servitization – New Concepts in Global Manufacturing

July 5, 2016
I was there to lecture and to represent the Reshoring Institute (http://www.ReshoringInstitute.org). This group of universities is working together to provide research and assistance to companies that are reshoring manufacturing and building production …
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