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Brexit: Where to now for businesses in Gloucestershire

June 29, 2016
This could also lead to further reshoring of manufacturing back to the UK. It is worthwhile noting that Germany has been the largest beneficiary of the EU project and the euro – in particular, it has led to a massive devaluation of their currency meaning …
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North America is the strongest economy in the world. Let’s keep it that way.

June 28, 2016
Many leading American companies are championing the trend toward “reshoring” and “near-shoring” — bringing production back to the NAFTA countries from Asia and other markets. Meanwhile, the North American populations reside in a unique …
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Vietnam domestic apparel hanging on by a thread

June 28, 2016
Even worse, some foreign clothing companies have begun moving parts of their production back to overseas markets such as the US and EU — a process known as reshoring that cuts into domestic sales even further, other analysts said. Minister Tran Tuan Anh …
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Wal-Mart makes the case for continued U.S. manufacturing, vital for retailer’s three-year growth goal

June 27, 2016
“I can’t thank Wal-Mart enough for our partnership and their support in restoring production,” Dammerman said. Last year Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative, estimated that Wal-Mart’s increased purchases of U.S. made …
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Vodafone billing chaos leaves mobile users disconnected and out of pocket

June 25, 2016
Vodafone acknowledges that its customer service is inadequate. It says that it is “reshoring” call centre teams to the UK and establishing a 400-strong department with 40 managers to focus on complex complaints. It’s also retraining staff and spent …
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Reshoring Manufacturing Jobs to the US—Myth or Reality: Weekend Reading

June 23, 2016
³ However, one of the most remarkable cases has been that of General Electric (GE), which decided to reshore some of its appliance manufacturing from China and Mexico to Louisville, Kentucky, in 2012.⁴ The products included high-quality refrigerators …
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Mapping the UK supply chain

June 22, 2016
Reshoring UK is a newly developed collaboration of industrial engineering and technology associations who work together to assist manufactured connect with suppliers that match their requirements. The approach adopted will demonstrate to OEMs and Tier 1 …
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The Surprising Relevance of the Baltic Dry Index

June 21, 2016
Some of the slowdown in trade is the result of positive trends, including manufacturers setting up factories and networks of suppliers in the markets where their goods will be sold (an activity known as “reshoring”), obviating the need for shipping …
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Reshoring knife production slices through lead times

June 21, 2016
Production of high-quality kitchenware has returned to the UK from China with the help of an East Anglian injection moulding and tooling firm. Peta UK, based in Essex, reshored the manufacturing of its revamped Easi-Grip range of kitchen knives, having …
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Why the Supply Chain is a Manufacturer’s Strategic Nucleus

June 20, 2016
What’s your perspective on the prevalence of reshoring or nearshoring? Derry: There was the classic era of the 1980s / early ’90s of labor arbitrage in China, and then as cost pressures began to mount in China, other local economies that were …
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