Bid to boost US-made goods – Toledo Blade

August 2, 2015

WAL-MART STORES Retailer started initiative in 2013 BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The group cheer at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s third annual U.S. manufacturing summit — convened to find more American-made products — was greeted with a voice from another era. “Almost […]

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Manufacturing 4.0: the Connected Enterprise – Manufacturer.com

July 30, 2015

While at the Manufacturing 4.0 conference 2015, Jonny Williamson sat down with Rockwell Automation’s vice president of market development, John Nesi, to discuss the company’s vision of the Connected Enterprise. Rockwell Automation seems pretty certain that the ‘Connected Enterprise’ is where the industrial landscape is heading. What has given you that confidence? […]

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Survey shows more manufacturers reshoring – BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)

July 29, 2015

For almost three quarters of the respondents who do source components to foreign manufacturers, those components make up no more than 20 percent of the respondents’ product total costs. This indicates that the bulk of the product costs are still domestic-based costs, most likely generated by more value-added manufacturing activities. The report, […]

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What’s Keeping Manufacturers Up at Night? – Global Trade Magazine (blog)

July 28, 2015

Commentary July 28th, 2015 BDO Report Reveals Concerns Over Labor Shortages, Strong Dollar, Supply Chain Issues U.S. manufacturing is experiencing a growth revival, but concern around labor shortages is escalating. In fact, 98 percent of manufacturers this year noted labor issues, including disputes, recruitment challenges […]

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Some companies bringing manufacturing back to US, Mass. from overseas … – Boston Globe

July 27, 2015

Four years after moving manufacturing to India in 2008, Cambridge robotics maker Energid Technologies Corp. brought production and a handful of jobs back to Massachusetts, squeezed by rising tariffs on parts imported to its Bangalore factory and frustrated by the unpredictable Indian bureaucracy and difficulties shipping its industrial robots to US markets. Today, with robotics […]

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Don’t send back-office work to Asia – send it to the bush – REB – Real Estate Business (blog)

July 26, 2015

Businesses are under huge pressure to keep costs down – but instead of outsourcing overseas, why not look in your own backyard to the rural areas of Australia? Outsourcing parts of your business overseas can be attractive as it is a simple and cost-effective option, but it takes jobs and opportunities away from fellow Australians. […]

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Reshoring Is More than a Buzzword – Forbes

July 25, 2015

  For as long as I can remember, the media have been criticized for their near-obsessive focus on bad news. It’s almost as if they’re wearing blinders. The criticism, at least some of the time, would appear to be well deserved.   For a ready example, contrast the amount of coverage that “offshoring” (the export […]

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Growing pains: The rebirth of U.S. manufacturing | www.pabusinesscentral.com … – Pennsylvania Business Central

July 24, 2015

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The Drivers of Manufacturing Reshoring

July 22, 2015
Reshoring is delivering wide-ranging benefits for an increasing number of U.S. manufacturers, who see it as a way to maintain (or regain) global competitiveness. According to the Reshoring Initiative, in 2003 about 140,000 jobs were lost to offshoring.
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EBN – Jim O’Reilly – Coming Home from China: Answering the Question of Reshoring – EBN

July 20, 2015

Cost changes in the logistics chain with overseas manufacturers, primarily China, have led to a good deal of speculation regarding bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. Rising labor costs overseas are closing the cost of goods gap, while unexpected fluctuations in sales, coupled with the long logistics chain from Asia to the United States and […]

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